--- title: The Prince, moved by pity, without thinking what he was doing, ran t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince, moved by pity, without thinking what he was doing, ran to the courtyard of the castle, and filled a jug with water, which he poured over the man in the cauldron. Who acts: Prince, jug. 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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, jug), 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:pg640:31:30 # text = The Prince, moved by pity, without thinking what he was doing, ran to the courtyard of the castle, and filled a jug with water, which he poured over the man in the cauldron. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | participle | | the Prince *not said here* | | | | by pity | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by pity=Trajectory | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · progressive | Prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **run** | past | the Prince | | | | | to the courtyard of the castle *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to courtyard=Result | | 5 | **fill** | past | the Prince *not said here* | a jug | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent jug=Patient with water=Instrument | | 6 | **pour** | past | a jug | | | the cauldron | | over the man | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over man=Location | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/31/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)