--- title: The Prince had never seen the equal of that glove, and he went far a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince had never seen the equal of that glove, and he went far and wide, asking after the country which the proud lady, who rode away without her glove, had said that she came from, but there was no one who could tell him where it lay. Who acts: Prince, country, proud lady, Bathland. A sentence --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/) / 37 # The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 37 The Prince had never seen the equal of that glove, and he went far and wide, asking after the country which the proud lady, who rode away without her glove, had said that she came from, but there was no one who could tell him where it lay. **Who acts:** Prince, country, proud lady, Bathland, asking, one · **What happens:** not see, go, ask, lady, ride away, say · **To what, where:** equal, one, Prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, country, proud lady, Bathland), 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:pg540:30:37 # text = The Prince had never seen the equal of that glove, and he went far and wide, asking after the country which the proud lady, who rode away without her glove, had said that she came from, but there was no one who could tell him where it lay. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 equal equal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 csubj _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ _ 51 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 53 advmod _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | the Prince | the equal of that glove | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer equal=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | after the country and the proud lady | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lady** | | the country and the proud lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ride away** | past | the proud lady | | | | | without Bathland's glove; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the proud lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | past | Bathland | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past | asking | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | no one | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **lie** | past | equal | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/38/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)