--- title: As soon as Militza saw the Prince she ran up to him and embraced him… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Militza saw the Prince she ran up to him and embraced him tenderly; and after he had told her all his adventures, they went into the palace, where a sumptuous meal awaited them. Who acts: Militza, Prince, adventures, sumptuous meal. 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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 (Militza, Prince, adventures, sumptuous meal), 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:pg640:31:14 # text = As soon as Militza saw the Prince she ran up to him and embraced him tenderly; and after he had told her all his adventures, they went into the palace, where a sumptuous meal awaited them. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Militza Militza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sumptuous sumptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Militza | the Prince | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 2 | **run up** | past | Militza | | Prince | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 3 | **embrace** | past | Militza *not said here* | Prince | | | | tenderly *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Prince | Prince's adventures | Militza | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient adventure=Topic | | 5 | **go** | past | adventures *= adventure* | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **await** | past | a sumptuous meal | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **adventure** | | Prince | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=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 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/15/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)