--- title: The prince felt sure this must be the place of the Simurgh.” he dism… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince felt sure this must be the place of the Simurgh.” he dismounted, turned his horse loose to graze, ate some of the food Jamila had given him, drank of the stream and lay down to sleep. Who acts: prince, this, horse. 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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, this, horse), 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:pg3282:4:68 # text = The prince felt sure this must be the place of the Simurgh.” he dismounted, turned his horse loose to graze, ate some of the food Jamila had given him, drank of the stream and lay down to sleep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 loose loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 Jamila Jamila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the prince | | | | | sure *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | must | this | the place | | | | of the Simurgh | tree rules | | 3 | **dismount** *in a quote* | past | prince | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **loose** *in a quote* | past | prince's horse | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **graze** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | prince's horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | some | horse | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 9 | **drink** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | of the stream | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of stream=Source | | 10 | **lay down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/69/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)