--- title: The prince turned home again, and told the king and the queen what h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince turned home again, and told the king and the queen what he had met at the cross-roads; but they thought that he should try again on the following day, and see whether he could not get past it, so that he might seek a bride in another kingdom. Who acts: prince, cross-roads. 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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, cross-roads), 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:pg5615:32:121 # text = The prince turned home again, and told the king and the queen what he had met at the cross-roads; but they thought that he should try again on the following day, and see whether he could not get past it, so that he might seek a bride in another kingdom. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cross-roads cross-road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 37 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 past past ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 49 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the prince | | | | again | home *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | the king and the queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **meet** | past · perfect | prince | | | the cross-roads | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Co-Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | cross-roads *= cross-road* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **try** | should | prince | | | | again; day | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **get** | could | prince | | | side | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past it=Destination | | 9 | **seek** | might | prince | a bride | | another kingdom | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bride=Theme in kingdom=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/122/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)