--- title: The Prince met them joyfully, and they began to tell him all their a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince met them joyfully, and they began to tell him all their adventures; but he managed to hide from them what he had been doing, and even led them to think that a turnspit dog which he had with him was the one he was bringing for the King. Who acts: Prince, Princes, Bow, turnspit dog. 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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, Princes, Bow, turnspit dog), 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:pg503:23:75 # text = The Prince met them joyfully, and they began to tell him all their adventures; but he managed to hide from them what he had been doing, and even led them to think that a turnspit dog which he had with him was the one he was bringing for the King. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 joyfully joyfully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux _ _ 28 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 turnspit turnspit NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | the Prince | brothers *= brother* | | | | joyfully *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **begin** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | Princes's adventures | Bow | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient adventure=Topic | | 4 | **manage** | past | Bow | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **hide** | to-infinitive | Bow *not said here* | | | | | from Princes *= prince* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect · progressive | Bow | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **lead** | past | Bow *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **have** | past | Bow | a turnspit dog | | | | with horse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 10 | **is a** | past | a turnspit dog | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **bring** | past · progressive | Bow | the one *not said here* | | | | for the King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 12 | **adventure** | | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/76/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)