--- title: When the rope was made, the Prince called for his brothers, and he a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the rope was made, the Prince called for his brothers, and he and they, having taken servants with them, and everything that was needed for a whole year, set out for the place where the beast had disappeared under the stone. Who acts: Prince, beast. 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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, beast), 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:pg540:13:33 # text = When the rope was made, the Prince called for his brothers, and he and they, having taken servants with them, and everything that was needed for a whole year, set out for the place where the beast had disappeared under the stone. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 21 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 20 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 under under ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the rope | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **call** | past | the Prince | | | | | for Prince's brothers | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for brother=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | gerund · perfect · passive | | brothers *= brother* | | | | with servants *= servant*; everything *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme servant=Destination | | 4 | **need** | past · passive | | | | | year | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **set out** | participle | | | | | | for the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **disappear** | past · perfect | the beast | | | the stone | | | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/34/) - ↑ back to [The Norka](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/)