--- title: Meanwhile the king waited with both hope and anxiety for his son’s r… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the king waited with both hope and anxiety for his son’s return, but as time went on and nothing was heard of him, the second prince asked leave to go in search of his brother, as well as to bring the bird Grip. Who acts: king, second prince, son. 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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 (king, second prince, son), 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:pg5615:14:92 # text = Meanwhile the king waited with both hope and anxiety for his son’s return, but as time went on and nothing was heard of him, the second prince asked leave to go in search of his brother, as well as to bring the bird Grip. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 on on ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 45 cc _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 fixed _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the king | | | | | with both hope and anxiety; for king's son's return; meanwhile *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go on** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | time | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past · passive | | nothing | | | | of king | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the second prince | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | search of king's brother | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location | | 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the bird Grip | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent grip=Theme | | 8 | **return** | | king's son | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **search** | | | king's brother | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/93/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)