--- title: The treasurer took down the tent again, and brought it to the Prince… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The treasurer took down the tent again, and brought it to the Prince, who took it, and, without staying any longer than till the next day, mounted his horse, and went with the same attendants to the Sultan his father. Who acts: treasurer, Prince. 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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 (treasurer, Prince), 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:pg503:52:40 # text = The treasurer took down the tent again, and brought it to the Prince, who took it, and, without staying any longer than till the next day, mounted his horse, and went with the same attendants to the Sultan his father. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treasurer treasurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 without without SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 24 any any ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 32 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take down** | past | the treasurer | the tent | | | again | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | the treasurer *not said here* | treasurer | the Prince | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | the Prince | treasurer | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **stay** | gerund | | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mount** | past | the Prince *not said here* | Prince's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 6 | **go** | past | the treasurer *not said here* | Prince's father | | the Sultan | | with the same attendants | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sultan=Initial\_Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/41/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)