--- title: And the end of it was that very soon he started on his travels again… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the end of it was that very soon he started on his travels again, only allowing one equerry to accompany him, and even this attendant he managed to lose the moment he had left his own kingdom behind him. Who acts: end, attendant, king. 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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 (end, attendant, king), 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:pg5615:30:13 # text = And the end of it was that very soon he started on his travels again, only allowing one equerry to accompany him, and even this attendant he managed to lose the moment he had left his own kingdom behind him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 on on SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 allowing allow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 equerry equerry NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 behind behind ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the end of fun | | | | | soon, start *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** | present | the end of fun *not said here* | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | gerund | the end of fun *not said here* | one equerry | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equerry=Beneficiary | | 4 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | the end of fun *not said here* | king | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **manage** | past | this attendant | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **lose** | to-infinitive | this attendant *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **leave** | past · perfect | king | king's own kingdom | | | | behind bird | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme behind he=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)