--- title: The prince lost no time in setting out for the royal palace, and on… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince lost no time in setting out for the royal palace, and on his way there he met such a wonderfully lovely woman that he felt he had never seen such beauty in all his life. Who acts: prince, time, Ring. 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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, time, Ring), 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:pg3282:30:41 # text = The prince lost no time in setting out for the royal palace, and on his way there he met such a wonderfully lovely woman that he felt he had never seen such beauty in all his life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 setting set VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 25 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 33 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the prince | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set out** | gerund | no time *not said here* | | | | | for the royal palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | past | Ring | such lovely woman | | Ring's way | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Co-Agent | | 4 | **feel** | past | Ring | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | Ring | such beauty | | Ring's life | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beauty=Stimulus | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/42/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)