--- title: During the weeks that followed the prince amused himself as best he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: During the weeks that followed the prince amused himself as best he could, though he counted the minutes to the arrival of the princess, and when she did come, he at once prepared to start for the court. Who acts: weeks, prince, princess. 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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 (weeks, 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:pg3282:25:73 # text = During the weeks that followed the prince amused himself as best he could, though he counted the minutes to the arrival of the princess, and when she did come, he at once prepared to start for the court. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 amused amuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 though though SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 36 advmod _ _ 36 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | the weeks | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **amuse** | past | the prince | prince | | | week | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer good=Result | | 3 | **count** | past | prince | | | | minute | to the arrival of the princess | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to arrival=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | past · do-support | princess | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **start** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | for the court | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **arrive** | | the princess | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/74/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)