--- title: The next thing to do was to find the cabinet, and the Prince soon ca… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next thing to do was to find the cabinet, and the Prince soon came to it, hidden away in a dark corner, though indeed it was so old and battered-looking that he would never have noticed it of his own accord. Who acts: next thing, Prince, cabinet. 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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 (next thing, Prince, cabinet), 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:pg540:34:48 # text = The next thing to do was to find the cabinet, and the Prince soon came to it, hidden away in a dark corner, though indeed it was so old and battered-looking that he would never have noticed it of his own accord. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 though though SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 battered batter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | to-infinitive | the next thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the next thing | | | | | find *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the Prince | | | cabinet | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hide away** | participle | the Prince *not said here* | | | a dark corner | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | cabinet | | | | | indeed, old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **batter** | participle | cabinet *not said here* | | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | gerund | cabinet *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **notice** | would · perfect | prince | cabinet | | | | of noise's own accord | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/49/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)