--- title: The prince let himself be persuaded to go with the nurse, but when t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince let himself be persuaded to go with the nurse, but when the princess questioned him as to who he was and how he had got into her garden, he behaved like a man out of his mind—sometimes smiling, sometimes crying, and saying: “I am hungry,” Or words misplaced and random, civil mixed with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/) / 55 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 55 The prince let himself be persuaded to go with the nurse, but when the princess questioned him as to who he was and how he had got into her garden, he behaved like a man out of his mind—sometimes smiling, sometimes crying, and saying: “I am hungry,” Or words misplaced and random, civil mixed with the rude. **Who acts:** prince, princess · **What happens:** let, persuade, go, question, be, behave · **To what, where:** prince, garden, mind, hungry words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, princess), 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:pg3282:2:55 # text = The prince let himself be persuaded to go with the nurse, but when the princess questioned him as to who he was and how he had got into her garden, he behaved like a man out of his mind—sometimes smiling, sometimes crying, and saying: “I am hungry,” Or words misplaced and random, civil mixed with the rude. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 punct _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 advcl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 behaved behave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 47 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 58 Or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 60 misplaced misplace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | the prince | prince | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **persuade** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with the nurse | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with nurse=Beneficiary | | 4 | **question** *speech: other* | past | the princess | | prince | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | prince | | | princess's garden | | get *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **behave** | past | prince | | | prince's mind | | like a man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute | | 7 | **smile** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | prince *not said here* | hungry words | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | prince | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **misplace** | participle | | hungry words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **mix** | participle | | hungry words *not said here* | | | | with the rude | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with rude=Co-Patient | | 13 | **mind** | | prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/56/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)