--- title: Then he was given a flute and a zither, but he was just as well able… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he was given a flute and a zither, but he was just as well able to draw music from them; and the prince, whose courage was gradually rising, spoke to him in all the languages he knew. Who acts: prince, courage. 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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, courage), 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:pg2435:21:75 # text = Then he was given a flute and a zither, but he was just as well able to draw music from them; and the prince, whose courage was gradually rising, spoke to him in all the languages he knew. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 zither zither NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 17 advmod _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 fixed _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | prince | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient flute=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | prince | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | music | | | | from flute | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent music=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **rise** | past · progressive | courage | | | | | gradually *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the prince | | courage | all languages | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **know** | past | prince | all languages *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/76/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)