--- title: Long after them came Esben riding on his stick, and he also wanted t… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Long after them came Esben riding on his stick, and he also wanted to get a place in the palace, but no one had any use for him, and he was told that he could just go back the way he had come. Who acts: brothers, king, one. 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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 (brothers, king, one), 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:pg5615:28:35 # text = Long after them came Esben riding on his stick, and he also wanted to get a place in the palace, but no one had any use for him, and he was told that he could just go back the way he had come. 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 6 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 also also ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | king's stick | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | past | king | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | a place | | the palace | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | no one | any use | | | | for king | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **go back** | could | king | the way | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **come** | past · perfect | king | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/36/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/)