--- title: While they were eating, the bald-headed king asked the prince how he… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While they were eating, the bald-headed king asked the prince how he had happened to wander so far, and the young man told him all about it, and how he was seeking the Land of Immortality. Who acts: supper, headed king, king, young 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 (supper, headed king, king, young 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:pg2435:18:104 # text = While they were eating, the bald-headed king asked the prince how he had happened to wander so far, and the young man told him all about it, and how he was seeking the Land of Immortality. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 headed headed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Immortality immortality NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | supper | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the headed king | | the prince | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wander** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the young man | | Prince | | | about table | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic | | 6 | **seek** | past · progressive | man | the Land of Immortality | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/105/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)