--- title: The king at once commanded every one to withdraw, and then Prince Al… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king at once commanded every one to withdraw, and then Prince Almas said: “The desire of my life is to know what the rose did to the cypress, and what meaning there is in the words.” Who acts: king, desire, rose, meaning. 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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 (king, desire, rose, meaning), 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:pg3282:5:9 # text = The king at once commanded every one to withdraw, and then Prince Almas said: “The desire of my life is to know what the rose did to the cypress, and what meaning there is in the words.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 at at SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 withdraw withdraw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Almas Almas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 ccomp _ _ 36 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | participle | the king *not said here* | every one | | | | once *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | | 2 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | every one *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the desire of my life | | | | | know *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the rose | | | | | to the cypress | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | meaning | | | the words; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in word=Location | | 7 | **desire** *in a quote* | | | my life | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)