--- title: The way to the city where the prince lived ran for the most part thr… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The way to the city where the prince lived ran for the most part through a thick forest, and every night when there was no moon, and not a single star could be seen through the trees, the guards who travelled with the princess opened the carriage to give it an airing. 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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, way, night, guards), 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:pg3027:23:29 # text = The way to the city where the prince lived ran for the most part through a thick forest, and every night when there was no moon, and not a single star could be seen through the trees, the guards who travelled with the princess opened the carriage to give it an airing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 airing airing NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | the way to the city | | | a thick forest | | for the part | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 3 | **is a** | past | every night | no moon | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | could · passive | | a single star | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **travel** | past | the guards | | | | | with the princess | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **open** | past | the trees and the guards | the carriage | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carriage=Theme | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | the trees and the guards *not said here* | carriage | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient airing=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:** «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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)