--- title: It was some weeks before he had regained his health sufficiently to… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was some weeks before he had regained his health sufficiently to carry out his design; but finally, one beautiful starlight night, the two friends stole away, and when the king woke next morning he found a letter lying by his bed, saying that his son had gone, he knew not whither. 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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 (rest, prince, two friends, king), 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:pg3027:23:80 # text = It was some weeks before he had regained his health sufficiently to carry out his design; but finally, one beautiful starlight night, the two friends stole away, and when the king woke next morning he found a letter lying by his bed, saying that his son had gone, he knew not whither. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 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 regained regain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 finally finally ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 22 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 starlight starlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 37 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 58 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | rest | some weeks but one beautiful starlight night | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **regain** | past · perfect | prince | prince's health | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Theme | | 3 | **carry out** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | prince's design | | | | sufficiently *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Eventuality | | 4 | **steal away** | past | the two friends | | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wake** | past | the king | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | king | a letter | | | morning | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic | | 7 | **lie** | gerund | a letter *not said here* | | | | | by prince's bed | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by bed=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** | past · perfect | prince's son | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **know** | past | king | | | | | whither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **design** | | prince | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)