--- title: The prince was beginning to lose heart, when a man who had overheard… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was beginning to lose heart, when a man who had overheard his question turned round and said that he had better go and ask the emperor, as he was in search of some one to see after his flocks. Who acts: prince, man, Dragon. 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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, man, Dragon), 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:pg2435:8:80 # text = The prince was beginning to lose heart, when a man who had overheard his question turned round and said that he had better go and ask the emperor, as he was in search of some one to see after his flocks. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 round round ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past · progressive | the prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | heart | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 3 | **overhear** | past · perfect | a man | Dragon's question | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus | | 4 | **turn round** | past | a man | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | Dragon | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | the emperor | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | past | Dragon | | | | | as search; of some one | tree rules | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | | | after Dragon's flocks | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **question** | | Dragon | | | | | | nom question «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/81/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)