--- title: The Prince begged for a foal of the mare, which the Mother Dragon at… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince begged for a foal of the mare, which the Mother Dragon at once gave him, and over and above, a cloak made of gold, for she had fallen in love with him because he had praised her beauty. Who acts: Prince, mare. 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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, mare), 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:pg640:34:80 # text = The Prince begged for a foal of the mare, which the Mother Dragon at once gave him, and over and above, a cloak made of gold, for she had fallen in love with him because he had praised her beauty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 15 at at SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 17 advmod _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 over over ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 above above ADV RB _ 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Prince | a cloak | | | | for a foal of the mare | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for foal=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | Prince | | | once, over *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a cloak *not said here* | | | | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **fall** | past · perfect | mare | | | love | | with Prince | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 5 | **praise** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince | | | | | tree rules | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/81/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)