--- title: Late that evening, when he had performed all the tiresome duties whi… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Late that evening, when he had performed all the tiresome duties which fall to the lot of every prince, the young man was leaning out of his window, refreshing himself with the cool breezes that blew off the sea. Who acts: prince, tiresome duties, young man, cool breezes. A sentence of «The Orange F --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/) / 14 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 13, sentence 14 Late that evening, when he had performed all the tiresome duties which fall to the lot of every prince, the young man was leaning out of his window, refreshing himself with the cool breezes that blew off the sea. **Who acts:** prince, tiresome duties, young man, cool breezes · **What happens:** perform, fall, lean, refresh, blow off · **To what, where:** tiresome duties, window, prince, sea This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, tiresome duties, young man, cool breezes), 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:pg3027:13:14 # text = Late that evening, when he had performed all the tiresome duties which fall to the lot of every prince, the young man was leaning out of his window, refreshing himself with the cool breezes that blew off the sea. 1 Late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 tiresome tiresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 refreshing refresh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 breezes breeze NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 off off ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | past · perfect | prince | all tiresome duties | | | evening | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | present | all tiresome duties | | | | | to the lot of every prince | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lot=Theme | | 3 | **lean** | past · progressive | the young man | | | prince's window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out window=Location | | 4 | **refresh** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | prince | | | | with the cool breezes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 5 | **blow off** | past | the cool breezes | the sea | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent sea=Patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)