--- title: The prince faithfully followed his instructions, so that when the ju… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince faithfully followed his instructions, so that when the judge asked him whether he had meant to steal the bird Grip he said ‘Yes,’ and when the judge asked him if he was a master-thief he again answered ‘Yes.’ Who acts: prince, judge. 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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, judge), 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:pg5615:15:16 # text = The prince faithfully followed his instructions, so that when the judge asked him whether he had meant to steal the bird Grip he said ‘Yes,’ and when the judge asked him if he was a master-thief he again answered ‘Yes.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 42 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | the prince | prince's instructions | | | | faithfully *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the judge | | prince | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | the bird Grip | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location grip=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | the bird Grip *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the judge | | prince | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | prince | a master thief | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | prince | a master thief *not said here* | | | again | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | | 9 | **instruct** | | prince | | | | | | nom instruction «communication 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/17/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)