--- title: They gave him a magnificent burial, and then the prince had to exami… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They gave him a magnificent burial, and then the prince had to examine the new laws which had been made in his absence, and do a great deal of business besides, till he grew quite ill from fatigue, and was obliged to go away to one of his palaces on the banks of the river, in order to rest. 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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 (adventure, prince), 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:pg3282:25:84 # text = They gave him a magnificent burial, and then the prince had to examine the new laws which had been made in his absence, and do a great deal of business besides, till he grew quite ill from fatigue, and was obliged to go away to one of his palaces on the banks of the river, in order to rest. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in 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 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 quite quite ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 64 mark _ _ 62 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 fixed _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | adventure | a magnificent burial | palace | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient burial=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the prince | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **examine** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the new laws | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the new laws | | prince's absence | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | the prince *not said here* | a great deal of business besides | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Eventuality | | 6 | **grow** | past | prince | | | | | ill *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **oblige** | past · passive | adventure *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 8 | **go away** | to-infinitive | adventure *not said here* | | one of prince's palaces on the banks of the river | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to one=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **rest** | to-infinitive | adventure *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **absent** | | prince | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **deal** | | | business besides | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/85/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)