--- title: They bade farewell to the King, who gave them presents of silver and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They bade farewell to the King, who gave them presents of silver and precious stones, and appointed to meet them at the same hour, in the same place, after a year had passed, to see the little dogs they had brought for him. Who acts: Princes, year, little dogs. 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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 (Princes, year, little dogs), 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:pg503:23:8 # text = They bade farewell to the King, who gave them presents of silver and precious stones, and appointed to meet them at the same hour, in the same place, after a year had passed, to see the little dogs they had brought for him. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 after after SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bade** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | to the King; farewell *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | | presents of silver and precious stones | Princes *= prince* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient present=Theme | | 3 | **appoint** | participle | | | | the same place | | | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | Princes *= prince* | | | hour | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 5 | **pass** | past · perfect | a year | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the little dogs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | the little dogs *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | | for king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/9/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)