--- title: Well, the poor prince had nothing for it but to walk back to the cas… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Well, the poor prince had nothing for it but to walk back to the castle; and through it and round it he walked, and the finest of eating and drinking he got, and a bed of bog-down to sleep on, and long walks he took through gardens and lawns, but not a sight could he get, high or low, of Seven Inche --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/) / 42 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 42 Well, the poor prince had nothing for it but to walk back to the castle; and through it and round it he walked, and the finest of eating and drinking he got, and a bed of bog-down to sleep on, and long walks he took through gardens and lawns, but not a sight could he get, high or low, of Seven Inches. **Who acts:** poor prince, basket, prince, long walks · **What happens:** have, walk back, walk, eat, drink, get · **To what, where:** nothing, finest, gardens, sight This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor prince, basket, prince, long walks), 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:pg3454:11:42 # text = Well, the poor prince had nothing for it but to walk back to the castle; and through it and round it he walked, and the finest of eating and drinking he got, and a bed of bog-down to sleep on, and long walks he took through gardens and lawns, but not a sight could he get, high or low, of Seven Inches. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 round round ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 obl _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 down down ADV RB _ 39 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 on on ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 53 through through ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 lawns lawn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ _ 67 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 72 nummod _ _ 72 Inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the poor prince | nothing | | | | for basket | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 2 | **walk back** | to-infinitive | the poor prince *not said here* | | | | | to the castle *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result | | 3 | **walk** | past | basket | the finest | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | gerund | basket *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drink** | gerund | basket *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | past | prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **sleep on** | to-infinitive | the poor prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | past | long walks | | | gardens and lawns | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **get** | could | prince | a sight | | | | high *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/43/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)