--- title: The prince told everything just as it had happened to him, and then… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince told everything just as it had happened to him, and then respectfully added: “I have made known my own circumstances to you, and now I venture to beg you to tell me your own. Who acts: prince, it. 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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, it), 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:pg3282:1:52 # text = The prince told everything just as it had happened to him, and then respectfully added: “I have made known my own circumstances to you, and now I venture to beg you to tell me your own. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 respectfully respectfully ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 venture venture VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | everything | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | it | | Prince | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | then | respectfully *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the prince *= prince* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | participle | the prince *= prince* *not said here* | my own circumstances | you | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer circumstance=Stimulus | | 6 | **venture** *in a quote* | present | the prince *= prince* | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the prince *= prince* *not said here* | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the prince *= prince* *not said here* | | the prince *= prince* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/53/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)