--- title: When the prince came up she saw directly that he was no ordinary man… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the prince came up she saw directly that he was no ordinary man, and telling her chamberlain to dismiss the rest of her petitioners for that day, she signed to the prince to follow her into the palace. Who acts: prince, princess, chamberlain. 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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, princess, chamberlain), 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:pg2435:19:12 # text = When the prince came up she saw directly that he was no ordinary man, and telling her chamberlain to dismiss the rest of her petitioners for that day, she signed to the prince to follow her into the palace. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 directly directly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 13 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 dismiss dismiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 petitioners petitioner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 signed sign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | prince | no ordinary man | | | | directly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | princess *not said here* | princess's chamberlain | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **dismiss** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess's chamberlain *not said here* | the rest of princess's petitioners | | | day | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 6 | **sign** | past | princess | | the prince | | | | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 7 | **follow** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | the palace | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme into palace=Trajectory | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/13/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)