--- title: The prince drank from the king’s own cup, and when his head was hot… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince drank from the king’s own cup, and when his head was hot with wine he took a lute from one of the musicians and placed himself on the carpet border and sang and sang till he witched away the sense of all who listened. Who acts: prince, head. 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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, head), 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:pg3282:5:15 # text = The prince drank from the king’s own cup, and when his head was hot with wine he took a lute from one of the musicians and placed himself on the carpet border and sang and sang till he witched away the sense of all who listened. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lute lute NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 musicians musician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 witched witch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | the prince | | | the king's own cup | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cup=Source | | 2 | **is** | past | prince's head | | | | | with wine; hot *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | prince | a lute | | | | from one of the musicians | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent lute=Theme from one=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **place** | past | prince *not said here* | prince | | the carpet border | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on border=Destination | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **witch away** | past | prince | the sense of all | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **listen** | past | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/16/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)