--- title: And when the feast was over, the prince told the emperor and the peo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the feast was over, the prince told the emperor and the people who he really was, and at this everyone rejoiced still more, and preparations were made for the prince and princess to return to their own kingdom, for the prince was impatient to set free his brothers. 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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 (feast, 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:pg2435:9:53 # text = And when the feast was over, the prince told the emperor and the people who he really was, and at this everyone rejoiced still more, and preparations were made for the prince and princess to return to their own kingdom, for the prince was impatient to set free his brothers. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 25 obl _ _ 25 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 csubj _ _ 52 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the feast | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | the emperor and the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient | | 3 | **rejoice** | past | the prince *not said here* | more | | everyone | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | preparations | | | | for the prince and princess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for prince=Beneficiary | | 5 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to preparations's own kingdom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | impatient *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **set** | to-infinitive | | prince's free brothers | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient brother=Result | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/54/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)