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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 3, sentence 26

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After some time spent in the most tender conversation, the Prince could not restrain himself from asking the lovely unknown by what lucky chance she was wandering in the forest; where the fountain had gone; and if she knew anything of the Frog to whom he owed all his happiness, and to whom he must give up the bird, which, somehow or other, was still sound asleep.

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**Who acts:** Prince, Madam, fountain · **What happens:** spend, not restrain, ask, wonder, go, know · **To what, where:** time, tender conversation, Prince, lucky chance, forest, anything

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, Madam, fountain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:12:26
# text = After some time spent in the most tender conversation, the Prince could not restrain himself from asking the lovely unknown by what lucky chance she was wandering in the forest; where the fountain had gone; and if she knew anything of the Frog to whom he owed all his happiness, and to whom he must give up the bird, which, somehow or other, was still sound asleep.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
4	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	tender	tender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	restrain	restrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obj	_	_
17	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
24	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	acl:relcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	37	advmod	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
43	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	42	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	obl	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	owed	owe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	acl:relcl	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	60	obl	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
61	up	up	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	67	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
67	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
68	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
72	still	still	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
74	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | participle |  | some time *not said here* |  | the tender conversation |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **restrain** | could | the Prince | Prince |  |  | time |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer himself=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by lucky chance; unknown *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Madam | lucky chance *not said here* |  | the forest |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | past · perfect | the fountain |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Madam | anything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
| 7 | **owe** | past | Prince | Prince's happiness |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme |
| 8 | **give up** | must | Prince | the bird |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Theme to whom=Recipient |
| 9 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | still | asleep, sound *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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