--- title: When the prince had kissed his feet and received his blessing, he to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the prince had kissed his feet and received his blessing, he took from a casket a little collyrium of Solomon, which the Simurgh had given him, and which reveals the hidden things of earth, and rubbed it on his father’s eyes. Who acts: Prince. 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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), 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:pg3282:6:51 # text = When the prince had kissed his feet and received his blessing, he took from a casket a little collyrium of Solomon, which the Simurgh had given him, and which reveals the hidden things of earth, and rubbed it on his father’s eyes. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 collyrium collyrium NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 reveals reveal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past | | Prince's blessing | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | Prince | | | a casket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from casket=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the Simurgh | Prince | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **reveal** | present | | the hidden things of earth | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 6 | **rub** | past | Prince *not said here* | thing | | Prince's father's eyes | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on eye=Destination | | 7 | **bless** | | Prince | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/52/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/)