--- title: The Prince and his bride set free all the Christian folk who were im… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince and his bride set free all the Christian folk who were imprisoned there, and took away with them all the gold and silver that they could carry, and moved far away from the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon. Who acts: Prince, hag, castle. 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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, hag, castle), 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:pg503:4:157 # text = The Prince and his bride set free all the Christian folk who were imprisoned there, and took away with them all the gold and silver that they could carry, and moved far away from the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 east east ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 west west ADV RB _ 41 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | the Prince and prince's bride | all Christian folk | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient folk=Result | | 2 | **imprison** | past · passive | | all Christian folk | | there | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **take away** | past | the Prince and prince's bride *not said here* | all gold and silver | | | | with hag; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | could | hag | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **move** | past | the Prince and prince's bride *not said here* | | | the castle | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from castle=Trajectory | | 6 | **lie** | past | the castle | | | | | east *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/158/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)