--- title: That very night Prince Sigurd had a dream, in which he thought his f… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That very night Prince Sigurd had a dream, in which he thought his father appeared to him in dripping clothes, and, taking the crown from his head, laid it at his son’s feet, leaving the room as silently as he had entered it. Who acts: night, Prince, father. 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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 (night, Prince, father), 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:pg2435:23:38 # text = That very night Prince Sigurd had a dream, in which he thought his father appeared to him in dripping clothes, and, taking the crown from his head, laid it at his son’s feet, leaving the room as silently as he had entered it. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 amod _ _ 21 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 silently silently ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | that night | a dream | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | Prince's father | | Prince | dripping clothes | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in clothes=Location | | 4 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 5 | **take** | gerund | Prince's father *not said here* | the crown | | Prince's head | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from head=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **lay** | past | Prince's father *not said here* | crown | | Prince's son's feet | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at foot=Destination | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | Prince's father *not said here* | the room | | | | silently *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 8 | **enter** | past · perfect | father | room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | 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/pg2435/23/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/39/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)