--- title: But the Prince also fell down on his knees and read out of his praye… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the Prince also fell down on his knees and read out of his prayer-book and prayed to God, and said to the Dragon, "Come forth! come forth! and I'll give thee breakfast and dinner at the same time!" 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:pg29672:22:33 # text = But the Prince also fell down on his knees and read out of his prayer-book and prayed to God, and said to the Dragon, "Come forth! come forth! and I'll give thee breakfast and dinner at the same time!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 31 forth forth ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 iobj _ _ 41 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | the Prince | | | Prince's knees | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 2 | **read out** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Prince's prayer book | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 3 | **pray** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | the Dragon | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dragon=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | breakfast and dinner | thee | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient breakfast=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/34/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)