--- title: When a hundred years were gone and passed the son of the King then r… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When a hundred years were gone and passed the son of the King then reigning, and who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, being gone a-hunting on that side of the country, asked: Who acts: hundred years. 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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 (hundred years), 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:pg503:10:43 # text = When a hundred years were gone and passed the son of the King then reigning, and who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, being gone a-hunting on that side of the country, asked: 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 reigning reign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 amod _ _ 28 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | hundred years | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | past | hundred years *not said here* | the son of the King | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Trajectory | | 3 | **reign** | gerund | hundred years *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | that | | of another family | tree rules | | 5 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | gerund | hundred years *not said here* | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hunt** | gerund | hundred years *not said here* | | | that side of the country | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/44/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)