--- title: The prince made no objections, and after looking the carriage well o… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince made no objections, and after looking the carriage well over the servant said: “It is as bad as it is smart”; and with that he knocked it all to pieces, and they went on in the one that they had bought. Who acts: prince, carriage, servant. 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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, carriage, servant), 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:pg2435:2:38 # text = The prince made no objections, and after looking the carriage well over the servant said: “It is as bad as it is smart”; and with that he knocked it all to pieces, and they went on in the one that they had bought. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 objections objection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 30 with with SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the prince | no objections | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Product | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | the carriage | | the servant | | well *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme carriage=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | carriage | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | carriage | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **knock** | past | servant | carriage | | pieces | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to piece=Destination | | 7 | **go on** | past | prince | | | | | in the one | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in one=Location | | 8 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive | | the one | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/39/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)