--- title: The girl asked her if she knew the way to the Prince who lived with… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl asked her if she knew the way to the Prince who lived with his stepmother in the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and who was to marry a princess with a nose which was three ells long. Who acts: girl, princess, way, 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 (girl, princess, way, 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:pg503:4:66 # text = The girl asked her if she knew the way to the Prince who lived with his stepmother in the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and who was to marry a princess with a nose which was three ells long. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 east east ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 west west ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the girl | | princess | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | princess | the way | | | | to the Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **live** | past | the way | | | the castle | | with man's stepmother | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with stepmother=Location | | 4 | **lie** | past | the castle | the sun and the moon | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sun=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | with a nose; marry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | a nose | | | | | three ells *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/67/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)