--- title: The Prince approached the altar and opened the book, which contained… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince approached the altar and opened the book, which contained the names of all the lovers in the world: and in it he read that Rosalie had been carried off by the Prince of the Air to an abyss which had no entrance except the one that lay by way of the Fountain of Gold. 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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, book, abyss, one), 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:pg640:17:68 # text = The Prince approached the altar and opened the book, which contained the names of all the lovers in the world: and in it he read that Rosalie had been carried off by the Prince of the Air to an abyss which had no entrance except the one that lay by way of the Fountain of Gold. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 abyss abyss NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 except except ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Fountain Fountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | the Prince | the altar | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the book | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme | | 3 | **contain** | past | the book | the names of all lovers in the world | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=Theme | | 4 | **read** | past | Prince | | | book | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | the Prince | Rosalie | | a abyss | | of the Air | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme of air=Initial\_Location to abyss=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | a abyss | no entrance | | | | except the one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Patient | | 7 | **lie** | past | the one | | | | | by way of the Fountain of Gold | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by way=Location | | 8 | **name** | | | all lovers in the world | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/69/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)