--- title: As they now went on together the prince said that he could not forge… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they now went on together the prince said that he could not forget the beautiful princess, and asked the fox whether he did not think that she ought to ride home to his father’s palace on this horse with the golden shoes. Who acts: arms, prince, 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 (arms, prince, 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:pg5615:15:36 # text = As they now went on together the prince said that he could not forget the beautiful princess, and asked the fox whether he did not think that she ought to ride home to his father’s palace on this horse with the golden shoes. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 4 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 home home ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on together=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **forget** | could | prince | the beautiful princess | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the prince *not said here* | | the fox | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | past · do-support | prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **ride** | ought | princess | | | prince's father's palace | | on this horse; with the golden shoes; home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to palace=Trajectory | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/37/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)