--- title: So in the evening he appeared at the ball in his golden cloak; but b… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So in the evening he appeared at the ball in his golden cloak; but before the entertainment was over he slipped away, and went straight to the stables, where he mounted his foal and rode out into the meadow to wait for the Flower Queen’s daughter. Who acts: Prince. 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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), 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:pg640:34:81 # text = So in the evening he appeared at the ball in his golden cloak; but before the entertainment was over he slipped away, and went straight to the stables, where he mounted his foal and rode out into the meadow to wait for the Flower Queen’s daughter. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 advcl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 straight straight ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Flower Flower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | Prince | | | the ball in Prince's golden cloak | evening | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ball=Location | | 2 | **slip away** | past | Prince | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **go** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | the stables | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stable=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **mount** | past | Prince | Prince's foal | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Patient | | 5 | **ride out** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | the meadow | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into meadow=Trajectory | | 6 | **wait** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | for the Flower Queen's daughter | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/82/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)