--- title: In the meantime the Prince’s companions sought him far and wide, but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the meantime the Prince’s companions sought him far and wide, but to no purpose, so they sent two messengers to tell the sad news to the King, who immediately ordered a regiment of cavalry and one of infantry to go and look for him. Who acts: companions, King. 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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 (companions, King), 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:pg503:26:16 # text = In the meantime the Prince’s companions sought him far and wide, but to no purpose, so they sent two messengers to tell the sad news to the King, who immediately ordered a regiment of cavalry and one of infantry to go and look for him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 regiment regiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 cavalry cavalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 infantry infantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | the Prince's companions | prince | | the meantime | | to no purpose; far *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in meantime=Location | | 2 | **send** | past | companions *= companion* | two messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | companions *= companion* *not said here* | the sad news | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent news=Topic to king=Recipient | | 4 | **order** | past | the King | a regiment of cavalry and one infantry | | | | immediately *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regiment=Theme | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | for prince | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/17/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)