--- title: They then thanked him for his kind hospitality and went on their jou… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They then thanked him for his kind hospitality and went on their journey, much regretted by Prince, who sat with a woeful expression and whined on the shore as long as he could see a flip of the boat’s white sail in the distance. Who acts: students, 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 (students, 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:pg3454:23:78 # text = They then thanked him for his kind hospitality and went on their journey, much regretted by Prince, who sat with a woeful expression and whined on the shore as long as he could see a flip of the boat’s white sail in the distance. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hospitality hospitality NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 regretted regret VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 woeful woeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 whined whine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flip flip NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | students *= student* | | Prince | | then | for Prince's kind hospitality | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for hospitality=Attribute | | 2 | **go** | past | students *= student* *not said here* | | | students's journey | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on journey=Location | | 3 | **regret** | participle | | | | | | by Prince | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **sit** | past | Prince | | | | | with a woeful expression | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **whine** | participle | | | | the shore | | long *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location | | 6 | **see** | could | Prince | a flip of the boat's white sail in the distance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flip=Stimulus | | 7 | **journey** | | students *= student* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **flip** | | | the boat's white sail in the distance | | | | | nom flip «act 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 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/79/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)