--- title: As she walked she wrote on the trees: ‘If ever the Prince, my lover,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As she walked she wrote on the trees: ‘If ever the Prince, my lover, comes this way, let him know that it is here I dwell, and that I sit daily on the edge of this fountain, mingling my tears with its waters.’ Who acts: joy, Prince, way, I. 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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 (joy, Prince, way, I), 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:pg640:17:54 # text = As she walked she wrote on the trees: ‘If ever the Prince, my lover, comes this way, let him know that it is here I dwell, and that I sit daily on the edge of this fountain, mingling my tears with its waters.’ 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 19 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 ccomp _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 37 daily daily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 mingling mingle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | joy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | joy | | | the trees | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on tree=Destination | | 3 | **come** | present | the Prince and my lover | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | the Prince and my lover *not said here* | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | way | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **dwell** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit** | present | I | | | the edge of this fountain | | daily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on edge=Location | | 9 | **mingle** | gerund | I *not said here* | my tears | | | | with fountain's waters | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent tear=Patient with water=Co-Patient | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/55/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)