--- title: Next day, when the time came for the man to ride into the forest, th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next day, when the time came for the man to ride into the forest, the queen asked him to stay at home and look after the princes, and she would go to meet the evil spirits in his place. Who acts: time, queen. 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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 (time, queen), 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:pg5615:33:85 # text = Next day, when the time came for the man to ride into the forest, the queen asked him to stay at home and look after the princes, and she would go to meet the evil spirits in his place. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the time | | | | day | for the man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | the time *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into forest=Trajectory | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the queen | | man | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | | | after the princes | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** | would | queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **meet** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | the evil spirits | | man's place | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Co-Agent | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/86/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)