--- title: The Princess and Fanfaronade on landing upon the island had given th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess and Fanfaronade on landing upon the island had given the boatman a hundred gold pieces, and made him promise solemnly to tell no one where he had taken them; but the first thing that happened was that, as he rowed away, he got into the midst of the fleet, and before he could escape the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/63/) [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/) / [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/) / 63 # The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2, sentence 63 The Princess and Fanfaronade on landing upon the island had given the boatman a hundred gold pieces, and made him promise solemnly to tell no one where he had taken them; but the first thing that happened was that, as he rowed away, he got into the midst of the fleet, and before he could escape the Admiral had seen him and sent a boat after him. **Who acts:** Princess, boatman, Island, first thing · **What happens:** land, give, make, promise, tell, take · **To what, where:** Princess, boatman, one, pieces, midst, Admiral · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, 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 (Princess, boatman, Island, first thing), 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:pg540:4:63 # text = The Princess and Fanfaronade on landing upon the island had given the boatman a hundred gold pieces, and made him promise solemnly to tell no one where he had taken them; but the first thing that happened was that, as he rowed away, he got into the midst of the fleet, and before he could escape the Admiral had seen him and sent a boat after him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 landing land VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 amod _ _ 37 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 that that ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 rowed row VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 58 before before SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 advcl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 after after ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | gerund | the Princess and Fanfaronade *not said here* | | | | | upon the island | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the Princess and Fanfaronade | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | | boatman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | boatman *not said here* | | | | | solemnly *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boatman *not said here* | no one | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | Island | pieces *= piece* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **happen** | past | the first thing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | that *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **row away** | past | Island | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | past | Island | | | the midst of the fleet | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into midst=Destination | | 11 | **escape** | could | Island | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the Admiral | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **send** | past | Island *not said here* | a boat | | | after Island | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/64/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)