--- title: The prince accepted gladly, and they went back to the palace, where… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince accepted gladly, and they went back to the palace, where the bald-headed king’s daughter, who was still more beautiful than the other princess, welcomed them at the door and led the way into a large hall and to a table covered with silver dishes. Who acts: prince, supper, daughter. 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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, supper, daughter), 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:pg2435:18:103 # text = The prince accepted gladly, and they went back to the palace, where the bald-headed king’s daughter, who was still more beautiful than the other princess, welcomed them at the door and led the way into a large hall and to a table covered with silver dishes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 headed headed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | the prince | | | | | gladly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go back** | past | supper | | | | | to the palace and the headed king's daughter *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | the headed king's daughter | | | | still | than the other princess; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **welcome** | past | | supper | | the door | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at door=Location | | 5 | **lead** | past | | the way | | a large hall and a table | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme into hall=Destination | | 6 | **cover** | participle | | a table *not said here* | | | | with silver dishes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dish=Theme | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/104/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)