--- title: The next time Prince Ring came to see her she gave them to him, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next time Prince Ring came to see her she gave them to him, and he paid her many compliments on her skilful work, after which he took leave of her in the most friendly manner. Who acts: Prince Ring, Signy, 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 Ring, Signy, 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:pg3282:30:73 # text = The next time Prince Ring came to see her she gave them to him, and he paid her many compliments on her skilful work, after which he took leave of her in the most friendly manner. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Prince Ring | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Prince Ring *not said here* | Signy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **give** | past | Signy | | clothes | | | to Ring | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient | | 4 | **pay** | past | Ring | | Signy | Signy's skilful work | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient compliment=Asset | | 5 | **take** | past | Ring | leave of Signy | | the friendly manner | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leave=Value in manner=Location | | 6 | **work** | | Signy | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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/pg3282/30/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/74/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)