--- title: They reached the other side without harm, and bought a new carriage… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They reached the other side without harm, and bought a new carriage in the town, which was quite near, and set off once more on their travels; but they had not gone far when they met a messenger from the king who said to the prince: “His Majesty has sent your Royal Highness this beautiful carriage s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/) / 35 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 35 They reached the other side without harm, and bought a new carriage in the town, which was quite near, and set off once more on their travels; but they had not gone far when they met a messenger from the king who said to the prince: “His Majesty has sent your Royal Highness this beautiful carriage so that you may make a fitting entry into your own country and amongst your own people.” **Who acts:** prince, town, king · **What happens:** reach, buy, be, set off, travel, not go · **To what, where:** other side, new carriage, town, messenger, prince, Majesty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, town, king), 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:pg2435:2:35 # text = They reached the other side without harm, and bought a new carriage in the town, which was quite near, and set off once more on their travels; but they had not gone far when they met a messenger from the king who said to the prince: “His Majesty has sent your Royal Highness this beautiful carriage so that you may make a fitting entry into your own country and amongst your own people.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 quite quite ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 near near ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 advmod _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 28 on on SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 37 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 56 obj _ _ 59 Highness Highness PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ _ 60 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 61 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 63 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 67 mark _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 fixed _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 fitting fitting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 71 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 73 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 76 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 78 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | prince | the other side | | | | without harm | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | past | | a new carriage | | the town | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the town | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **set off** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **travel** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **meet** | past | prince | a messenger | | | | from the king | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Co-Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | the prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 9 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | king's Majesty | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **make** *in a quote* | may | the prince *= prince* | a fitting entry | | your own country and your own people | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent entry=Material into country=Product | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/36/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)