--- title: The prince did all as he was told, then they took flight; they cross… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince did all as he was told, then they took flight; they crossed the seven seas, and at each one the prince fed the Simurgh When they alighted on the shore of the last sea, it said: “O my son! there lies your road; follow it to the city. Who acts: jins, prince, Simurgh. 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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 (jins, prince, Simurgh), 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:pg3282:4:110 # text = The prince did all as he was told, then they took flight; they crossed the seven seas, and at each one the prince fed the Simurgh When they alighted on the shore of the last sea, it said: “O my son! there lies your road; follow it to the city. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 O o INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 54 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive · do-support | | the prince | | | | all *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past | jins *= jin* | flight | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme | | 3 | **cross** | past | jins *= jin* | the seven seas | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient | | 4 | **feed** | past | the prince | | the Simurgh | | | at each one | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simurgh=Recipient | | 5 | **alight** | participle | jins *= jin* | | | the shore of the last sea | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Simurgh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | | my son | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | | 8 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | road | | the city | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to city=Trajectory | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/111/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)