--- title: Now, when the prince found that he was not likely to leave his fathe… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when the prince found that he was not likely to leave his father’s kingdom again, he sent for his wife, and bade the messenger tell her that he would await her coming in the town on the banks of the great river. Who acts: prince, bade. 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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, bade), 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:pg3282:25:71 # text = Now, when the prince found that he was not likely to leave his father’s kingdom again, he sent for his wife, and bade the messenger tell her that he would await her coming in the town on the banks of the great river. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:unmarked _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 await await VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | prince | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | prince's father's kingdom | | | again | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | prince | | | | now | for prince's wife | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | bade the messenger | | messenger | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **await** | would | prince | messenger | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | the town | | on the banks of the great river | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/72/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)