--- title: And the maiden believed what the prince told her; and in the morning… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the maiden believed what the prince told her; and in the morning when he put on his lion’s form she took a knife and slew him, and cut him up very small, and burnt him, and cast his ashes into the water, and out of the water came the prince, beautiful as the day, and as glad to look upon as the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/) / 89 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 89 And the maiden believed what the prince told her; and in the morning when he put on his lion’s form she took a knife and slew him, and cut him up very small, and burnt him, and cast his ashes into the water, and out of the water came the prince, beautiful as the day, and as glad to look upon as the sun himself. **Who acts:** maiden, prince, giant, lion · **What happens:** believe, tell, put, take, slay, cut up · **To what, where:** giant, form, knife, prince, ashes, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, prince, giant, lion), 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:pg5615:21:89 # text = And the maiden believed what the prince told her; and in the morning when he put on his lion’s form she took a knife and slew him, and cut him up very small, and burnt him, and cast his ashes into the water, and out of the water came the prince, beautiful as the day, and as glad to look upon as the sun himself. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 out out ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 55 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 60 as as ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 69 upon upon ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 73 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | giant | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic | | 3 | **put** | past | prince | | | prince's lion's form | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on form=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | giant | a knife | | | morning | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 5 | **slay** | past | giant *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **cut up** | infinitive | giant *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 7 | **burnt** | past | | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cast** | past | | prince's ashes | | the water | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent ash=Material into water=Product | | 9 | **come** | past | | the prince | | the water | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prince=Theme | | 10 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | upon the sun prince | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon sun=Theme | | 11 | **form** | | prince's lion | | | | | | nom form «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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/90/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)