--- title: When the prince came nearer he saw two gallows erected, and when he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the prince came nearer he saw two gallows erected, and when he entered the inn along with the princess he saw that all the rooms were hung with black, and that everything inside foreboded sorrow and death. Who acts: prince, everything. 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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, everything), 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:pg5615:15:49 # text = When the prince came nearer he saw two gallows erected, and when he entered the inn along with the princess he saw that all the rooms were hung with black, and that everything inside foreboded sorrow and death. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 erected erect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 nsubj _ _ 36 inside inside ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 foreboded forebode VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the prince | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | prince | two gallows | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallows=Stimulus | | 3 | **erect** | participle | | two gallows *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **enter** | past | prince | the inn | | | | along the princess | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inn=Destination | | 5 | **see** | past | prince | the princess *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hang** | past · passive | | all rooms | | | | with black | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with black=Instrument | | 7 | **forebode** | past | everything | sorrow and death | | | | inside *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sorrow=Topic | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/50/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)