--- title: The prince thought that this was a good offer, especially as the fox… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince thought that this was a good offer, especially as the fox was ready to go with him and show him the way to the castle, where the bird Grip sat in his cage, and so he promised to obey the fox’s instructions. Who acts: prince, this, fox, bird Grip. 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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, this, fox, bird Grip), 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:pg5615:15:4 # text = The prince thought that this was a good offer, especially as the fox was ready to go with him and show him the way to the castle, where the bird Grip sat in his cage, and so he promised to obey the fox’s instructions. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 especially especially ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | this | a good offer | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the fox | | | | | especially, ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | | | | with fox | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **show** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* | the way | fox | | | to the castle | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic | | 6 | **sit** | past | the bird Grip | | | fox's cage | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | fox | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **obey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fox *not said here* | the fox's instructions | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | | 9 | **instruct** | | the fox | | | | | | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/5/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)