--- title: When they were out of his presence they each provided themselves wit… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they were out of his presence they each provided themselves with a bow and arrow, which they delivered to one of their officers, and went to the plain appointed, followed by a great concourse of people. Who acts: horses, presence. 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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 (horses, presence), 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:pg503:50:28 # text = When they were out of his presence they each provided themselves with a bow and arrow, which they delivered to one of their officers, and went to the plain appointed, followed by a great concourse of people. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 10 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 concourse concourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | horses *= horse* | | | Prince's presence | | | tree rules | | 2 | **provide** | past | Prince's presence | horses *= horse* | | | | with a bow and arrow | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient with bow=Theme | | 3 | **deliver** | past | horses *= horse* | arrow | one of horses's officers | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to one=Destination | | 4 | **go** | past | Prince's presence *not said here* | | | the plain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to plain=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **appoint** | participle | | the plain *not said here* | | | | by a great concourse of people | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/29/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)