--- title: After all the Prince was the first to arrive at the castle where he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After all the Prince was the first to arrive at the castle where he had agreed to meet his brothers, but they came soon after, and stared in amazement when they saw the wooden horse in the courtyard jumping like a hunter. Who acts: Prince, Bow, first, Princes. 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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, Bow, first, Princes), 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:pg503:23:74 # text = After all the Prince was the first to arrive at the castle where he had agreed to meet his brothers, but they came soon after, and stared in amazement when they saw the wooden horse in the courtyard jumping like a hunter. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 nsubj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 jumping jump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **arrive** | to-infinitive | | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · perfect | Bow | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bow *not said here* | Bow's brothers | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Co-Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | all first | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stare** | past | all first *not said here* | | | | | in amazement | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in amazement=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | Princes *= prince* | the wooden horse | | the courtyard | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 8 | **jump** | gerund | the courtyard *not said here* | | | | | like a hunter | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/75/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)