--- title: This, however, the prince forgot on the wedding day, and stretched o… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This, however, the prince forgot on the wedding day, and stretched out his hand and took a cup of wine; but the princess was keeping watch over him, and gave him a push with her elbow, so that the wine flew over the table- cloth. Who acts: This, princess, wine. 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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 (This, princess, wine), 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:pg5615:26:49 # text = This, however, the prince forgot on the wedding day, and stretched out his hand and took a cup of wine; but the princess was keeping watch over him, and gave him a push with her elbow, so that the wine flew over the table- cloth. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 30 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 elbow elbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 47 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ _ 52 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | This | | | | day | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stretch out** | participle | | prince's hand | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past | | a cup of wine | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | past · progressive | the princess | watch | | | | over prince | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme over he=Location | | 5 | **give** | past | | a push | prince | | | with princess's elbow | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient push=Theme | | 6 | **fly** | past | the wine | | | the table cloth | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over cloth=Location | 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/pg5615/26/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/50/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)