--- title: When he was searched they found the gold pieces in his pocket, and a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he was searched they found the gold pieces in his pocket, and as they were quite new coins, struck in honour of the Princess’s wedding, the Admiral felt certain that the boatman must have been paid by the Princess to aid her in her flight. Who acts: things, Admiral, Princess. 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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 (things, Admiral, Princess), 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:pg540:4:64 # text = When he was searched they found the gold pieces in his pocket, and as they were quite new coins, struck in honour of the Princess’s wedding, the Admiral felt certain that the boatman must have been paid by the Princess to aid her in her flight. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 in in 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 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | past · passive | | Admiral | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location | | 2 | **find** | past | things *= thing* | the gold pieces | | Admiral's pocket | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | as new coins | tree rules | | 4 | **strike** | participle | | new coins *not said here* | | honour of the Princess's wedding | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in honour=Location | | 5 | **feel** | past | the Admiral | | | | | certain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **pay** | must · perfect · passive | the Princess | the boatman | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset | | 7 | **aid** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | Princess | Princess's flight | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 8 | **honour** | | | the Princess's wedding | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **wed** | | the Princess | | | | | | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/65/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)