--- title: The Prince did not know what had become of her, so he travelled for… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince did not know what had become of her, so he travelled for a long and wearisome time all over the world, asking where Combland was; but when no one could tell him where that country was, he caused it to be made known everywhere that he would marry any woman who could put on the gold shoe. W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/74/) [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/) / 74 # The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 74 The Prince did not know what had become of her, so he travelled for a long and wearisome time all over the world, asking where Combland was; but when no one could tell him where that country was, he caused it to be made known everywhere that he would marry any woman who could put on the gold shoe. **Who acts:** Prince, Combland, one, country, woman · **What happens:** not know, become, travel, ask, be, tell · **To what, where:** world, Prince, woman, gold shoe · **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, Combland, one, country), 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:pg540:30:74 # text = The Prince did not know what had become of her, so he travelled for a long and wearisome time all over the world, asking where Combland was; but when no one could tell him where that country was, he caused it to be made known everywhere that he would marry any woman who could put on the gold shoe. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 wearisome wearisome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 28 Combland Combland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 ccomp _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ _ 49 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ _ 50 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 49 advmod _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 55 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 56 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of Kari | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **travel** | past | Prince | | | the world | time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over world=Trajectory | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** | past | Combland | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | no one | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | that country | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **cause** | past | Prince | world | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **marry** | would | Prince | any woman | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient | | 12 | **put** | could | any woman | | | the gold shoe | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on shoe=Destination | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/75/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)