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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 (prince, chance, fox), 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:pg5615:15:13 # text = As he now sat in his prison, and bitterly lamented that his own disobedience had brought himself into trouble, and deprived his father of the chance of recovering his sight, the fox suddenly stood in front of him. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 lamented lament VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 disobedience disobedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 deprived deprive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 recovering recover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | prince | | | prince's prison | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in prison=Location | | 2 | **lament** | past | | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | prince's own disobedience | | trouble | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination himself=Theme | | 4 | **deprive** | past | | prince's father of the chance | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Source | | 5 | **recover** | gerund | the chance *not said here* | prince's sight | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | the fox | | | front of prince | | suddenly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 7 | **disobey** | | prince | | | | | | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **sight** | | prince | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)