--- title: The prince drained off the wine and answered: “O king of the world!… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince drained off the wine and answered: “O king of the world! learn and know that I have only one aim in life, and this is to know what the rose did to the cypress.” Who acts: prince, O king, this, rose. 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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, O king, this, rose), 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:pg3282:5:18 # text = The prince drained off the wine and answered: “O king of the world! learn and know that I have only one aim in life, and this is to know what the rose did to the cypress.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 drained drain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 O o X GW _ 12 compound _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 17 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drain** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | the wine | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Theme off wine=Source | | 2 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | the prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** *in a quote* | present | O king of the world | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | O king of the world *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the prince *= prince* | one aim | | life | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | know *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the rose | | | | | to the cypress | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)