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title: The prince was much touched by the generosity of the giver, and orde… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The prince was much touched by the generosity of the giver, and ordered, as a return present, twelve of the finest breed of horses for which his country was famous to be delivered over to the merchant, to whom also, before he took his leave, he gave a munificent reward for his services. Who acts: ge
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 29

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The prince was much touched by the generosity of the giver, and ordered, as a return present, twelve of the finest breed of horses for which his country was famous to be delivered over to the merchant, to whom also, before he took his leave, he gave a munificent reward for his services.

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**Who acts:** generosity, country, Wali · **What happens:** touch, order, be, deliver over, take, give · **To what, where:** prince, return present, merchant, leave, munificent reward

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (generosity, country, Wali), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:34:29
# text = The prince was much touched by the generosity of the giver, and ordered, as a return present, twelve of the finest breed of horses for which his country was famous to be delivered over to the merchant, to whom also, before he took his leave, he gave a munificent reward for his services.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	generosity	generosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	appos	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	breed	breed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obl	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
33	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	acl:relcl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	advcl	_	_
37	over	over	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	obl	_	_
44	also	also	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	munificent	munificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
57	for	for	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past · passive | the generosity of the giver | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **order** | past | the generosity of the giver *not said here* | a return present |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | Wali's country |  |  |  |  | for horses; famous *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **deliver over** | to-infinitive · passive | Wali's country *not said here* |  |  | the merchant |  | over *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to merchant=Destination |
| 5 | **take** | past | Wali | Wali's leave |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |
| 6 | **give** | past | Wali | a munificent reward |  |  |  | for Wali's services | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reward=Theme for service=Asset |
| 7 | **service** |  | Wali |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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