--- title: The king’s daughter waited for him in vain to claim his prize, for h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king’s daughter waited for him in vain to claim his prize, for he went back to the wood, and got off his horse, and put on his old clothes, and bade the box place some gold in his pockets. Who acts: daughter, horse. 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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 (daughter, horse), 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:pg3454:17:45 # text = The king’s daughter waited for him in vain to claim his prize, for he went back to the wood, and got off his horse, and put on his old clothes, and bade the box place some gold in his pockets. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the king's daughter | | | vain | | for horse | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vain=Location | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the king's daughter *not said here* | horse's prize | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prize=Topic | | 3 | **go back** | past | horse | | | | | to the wood *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wood=Result | | 4 | **get off** | past | the king's daughter *not said here* | horse's horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 5 | **put** | participle | the king's daughter *not said here* | bade | | horse's old clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/46/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)