--- title: He drank their health, and then slipped the ring which the Princess… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He drank their health, and then slipped the ring which the Princess had put on his finger when they were sitting by the waterside into the glass, and ordered the cup-bearer to carry the glass to the bride from him and greet her. Who acts: Halvor, girls, cup bearer. 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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 (Halvor, girls, cup bearer), 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:pg540:6:174 # text = He drank their health, and then slipped the ring which the Princess had put on his finger when they were sitting by the waterside into the glass, and ordered the cup-bearer to carry the glass to the bride from him and greet her. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 waterside waterside NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 bearer bearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | Halvor | girls's health | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient | | 2 | **slip** | past | | the ring | | | then | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | | 3 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | the ring | | Halvor's finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on finger=Destination | | 4 | **sit** | past · progressive | girls *= girl* | | | the glass | | by the waterside | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by waterside=Location | | 5 | **order** | past | | the cup bearer | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent bearer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cup bearer *not said here* | the glass | the bride | | | from Halvor | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent glass=Theme to bride=Destination from he=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **greet** *speech: greet* | infinitive | the cup bearer *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/173/) - next →: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/175/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)