--- title: In spite of his fatigue, the prince slept badly, and directly it was… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In spite of his fatigue, the prince slept badly, and directly it was light he rose, and bidding Becasigue remain where he was, as he wished to be alone, he strolled out into the forest. Who acts: prince, room, light, bidding. 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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, room, light, bidding), 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:pg3027:24:23 # text = In spite of his fatigue, the prince slept badly, and directly it was light he rose, and bidding Becasigue remain where he was, as he wished to be alone, he strolled out into the forest. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 directly directly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 bidding bid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 csubj _ _ 22 Becasigue Becasigue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 strolled stroll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | the prince | | | spite of Becasigue's fatigue | | badly *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in spite=Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | room | light | | | | directly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | past | light | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | | Becasigue | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **remain** | present | bidding | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | Becasigue | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wish** | past | Becasigue | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | Becasigue *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **stroll out** | past | Becasigue | | | the forest | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination | | 10 | **spite** | | | Becasigue's fatigue | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **fatigue** | | Becasigue | | | | | | nom fatigue «state 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)