--- title: But when the Prince saw her, he came forth to meet her and led her a… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when the Prince saw her, he came forth to meet her and led her aside and gave her a prayer-book in her hand, and said to her, "Stay here, Princess, and pray to God for me." Who acts: Prince. 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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), 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:pg29672:22:31 # text = But when the Prince saw her, he came forth to meet her and led her aside and gave her a prayer-book in her hand, and said to her, "Stay here, Princess, and pray to God for me." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 forth forth ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 aside aside ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Prince | Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | Prince | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 4 | **lead** | past | Prince *not said here* | Princess | | | | aside *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | Prince *not said here* | a prayer book | Princess | Princess's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient book=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Princess | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | Princess *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | God | | | for me | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for i=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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/32/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)