--- title: When the Prince awoke and found the horses gone he determined to app… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Prince awoke and found the horses gone he determined to appeal to the fox; so, lighting a fire, he threw the two hairs into it, and in a few moments the fox stood beside him and asked: ‘In what way can I serve you?’ Who acts: Prince, horses, fox, 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 (Prince, horses, fox, 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:pg640:32:19 # text = When the Prince awoke and found the horses gone he determined to appeal to the fox; so, lighting a fire, he threw the two hairs into it, and in a few moments the fox stood beside him and asked: ‘In what way can I serve you?’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 appeal appeal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 lighting light VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 In in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 48 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** | participle | the horses | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **determine** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **appeal** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the fox | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to fox=Experiencer | | 6 | **light** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | a fire | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 7 | **throw** | past | Prince | the two hairs | | fire | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hair=Theme into it=Result | | 8 | **stand** | past | the fox | | | | moment | beside Prince | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **serve** | can | I | way | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Value in what=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/20/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)