--- title: On his return to the castle, the prince found the robber waiting for… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On his return to the castle, the prince found the robber waiting for him on the steps, waving the sword above his head, and knowing that some horrible fate was in store, fell on his knees and begged for mercy. Who acts: prince, robber, horrible fate, man. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, robber, horrible fate, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2435:15:32 # text = On his return to the castle, the prince found the robber waiting for him on the steps, waving the sword above his head, and knowing that some horrible fate was in store, fell on his knees and begged for mercy. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 above above ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the prince | the robber | | man's return to the castle | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Topic | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | the robber *not said here* | | | | | for man; on the steps | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Location | | 3 | **wave** | gerund | the robber *not said here* | the sword | | man's head | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 4 | **know** | gerund | the robber *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | some horrible fate | | | store | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | man's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | the prince *not said here* | | | | | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | | 8 | **return** | | man | | | | | to the castle | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)