--- title: The prince declared that the arrow was his, and the gardener’s boy w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince declared that the arrow was his, and the gardener’s boy was quite sure it was HIS—and on this occasion he was perfectly right; but, as they could not decide the matter, they went straight to the king. Who acts: prince, arrow, boy, question. 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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, arrow, boy, question), 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:pg3282:22:134 # text = The prince declared that the arrow was his, and the gardener’s boy was quite sure it was HIS—and on this occasion he was perfectly right; but, as they could not decide the matter, they went straight to the king. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 HIS his CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 straight straight ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the arrow | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the gardener's boy | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | question | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | boy | | | this occasion | | perfectly, right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **decide** | could | arrows *= arrow* | the matter | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | | 7 | **go** | past | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/135/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)