--- title: The same thing happened on the third day when the prince tried to ge… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The same thing happened on the third day when the prince tried to get past: the lindorm said, with a threatening voice, that before the prince could get a bride he himself must find a mate. Who acts: same thing, prince, lindorm. 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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 (same thing, prince, lindorm), 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:pg5615:32:123 # text = The same thing happened on the third day when the prince tried to get past: the lindorm said, with a threatening voice, that before the prince could get a bride he himself must find a mate. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 past past ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lindorm lindorm NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 threatening threatening NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the same thing | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **get past** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | past *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lindorm | | | | | with a threatening voice | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with voice=Manner | | 5 | **get** | could | the lindorm *not said here* | that | | | before the prince | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary bride=Theme | | 6 | **find** | must | prince | a mate | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/124/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)