--- title: And calling to her chamberlain she ordered him to lead the prince to… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And calling to her chamberlain she ordered him to lead the prince to the four brown boundaries of the world, and to leave him there with a wise man, who would care for him, and let no harm befall him. Who acts: wife, wise man, harm. 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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 (wife, wise man, harm), 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:pg3027:15:73 # text = And calling to her chamberlain she ordered him to lead the prince to the four brown boundaries of the world, and to leave him there with a wise man, who would care for him, and let no harm befall him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 boundaries boundary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | gerund | | | wife's chamberlain | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to chamberlain=Recipient | | 2 | **order** | past | wife | | Iarlaid | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **lead** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | the prince | | the four brown boundaries of the world | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to boundary=Destination | | 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | | Iarlaid | there | | with a wise man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with man=Theme | | 5 | **care** | would | a wise man | | | | | for Iarlaid | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | no harm | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **befall** | infinitive | no harm *not said here* | Iarlaid | | | | | tree rules | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)