--- title: At last they reached the frontier; there another messenger was waiti… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last they reached the frontier; there another messenger was waiting for them, who said that the king had sent two splendid robes for the prince and his bride, and begged that they would wear them for their state entry. Who acts: last, messenger, king, prince. 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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 (last, messenger, king, prince), 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:pg2435:2:39 # text = At last they reached the frontier; there another messenger was waiting for them, who said that the king had sent two splendid robes for the prince and his bride, and begged that they would wear them for their state entry. 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 frontier frontier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | last | the frontier | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | past · progressive | another messenger | | | | | for prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect | the king | two splendid robes | | | | for the prince and king's bride | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **wear** | would | prince | objections *= objection* | | | | for prince's state entry | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 7 | **enter** | | prince | | | | | | nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/40/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)