--- title: Morning broke, and the Prince, still full of the wonderful apparitio… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Morning broke, and the Prince, still full of the wonderful apparition, left his perch and returned to the palace like one in a dream, without even knowing if the fruit had been taken or not; for his whole mind was absorbed by thoughts of Militza and how he was to find her. 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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 (thoughts, Militza, Prince), 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:pg640:30:46 # text = Morning broke, and the Prince, still full of the wonderful apparition, left his perch and returned to the palace like one in a dream, without even knowing if the fruit had been taken or not; for his whole mind was absorbed by thoughts of Militza and how he was to find her. 1 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 apparition apparition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 perch perch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 without without SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 absorbed absorb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Militza Militza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | the Prince | | | morning | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | | Prince's perch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perch=Theme | | 3 | **return** | past | | | | | | to the palace *result*; like one in a dream | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 4 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the fruit | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **absorb** | past · passive | thoughts of Militza | | | | | for Prince's whole mind | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal | | 7 | **is** | past | Militza | | | | | find *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **think** | | | Militza | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/47/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)