--- title: The prince was only to be seen as soon as evening came, and then he… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was only to be seen as soon as evening came, and then he held his court; but every morning he left his bride, and went away by himself, she knew not whither, till the night came again. Who acts: evening, prince, bride, night. 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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 (evening, prince, bride, night), 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:pg2591:44:25 # text = The prince was only to be seen as soon as evening came, and then he held his court; but every morning he left his bride, and went away by himself, she knew not whither, till the night came again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 38 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | | the prince | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | evening | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | past | prince | prince's court | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | prince | prince's bride | | | morning | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme | | 5 | **go away** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | by prince; away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by himself=Location | | 6 | **not** **know** | past | bride | | | | | whither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **come** | past | the night | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/26/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)