--- title: The Prime Minister followed hastily, and tracked him all through the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prime Minister followed hastily, and tracked him all through the town to the cottage of the good old man; then he ran back to the King and told him that he had found out where all his dinners and suppers went. Who acts: Prime Minister, Minister, dinners. 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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 (Prime Minister, Minister, dinners), 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:pg540:11:247 # text = The Prime Minister followed hastily, and tracked him all through the town to the cottage of the good old man; then he ran back to the King and told him that he had found out where all his dinners and suppers went. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 3 compound _ _ 3 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 tracked track VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 dinners dinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 suppers supper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 44 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | the Prime Minister | | | | | hastily *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **track** | past | the Prime Minister *not said here* | Minister | | | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **run back** | past | Minister | | | | then | to the King *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to king=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Minister *not said here* | | Minister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **find out** | past · perfect | Minister | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | Minister's dinners and suppers | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 246](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/246/) - next →: [sentence 248](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/248/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)