--- title: So they determined to go home to the Prince’s father, but the Prince… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they determined to go home to the Prince’s father, but the Prince would on no account permit the Master-maid to walk there, for he thought that it was unbecoming either for her or for him to go on foot. Who acts: Prince, giant, sucker. 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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, giant, sucker), 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:pg503:18:21 # text = So they determined to go home to the Prince’s father, but the Prince would on no account permit the Master-maid to walk there, for he thought that it was unbecoming either for her or for him to go on foot. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 unbecoming unbecom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 either either CCONJ CC _ 38 cc:preconj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the Prince's father; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **permit** | would | the Prince | the Master maid | | no account | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent maid=Theme on account=Location | | 4 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | giant | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **unbecom** | past · progressive | sucker | | | | | for maid | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | sucker *not said here* | | | foot | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/22/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)