--- title: The Prince returned and told the Fairy what his father had said; “Th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince returned and told the Fairy what his father had said; “There’s a great deal of wickedness in this demand?” she answered, “as you will understand by what I am going to tell you. Who acts: Prince, father, horse, you. 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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, father, horse, you), 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:pg503:52:49 # text = The Prince returned and told the Fairy what his father had said; “There’s a great deal of wickedness in this demand?” she answered, “as you will understand by what I am going to tell you. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nmod _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | the Fairy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Prince's father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | horse | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **understand** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | horse | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | horse *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **deal** *in a quote* | | | wickedness in this demand | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)