--- title: The Prince did so, and gathered so much salt that he could hardly ca… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince did so, and gathered so much salt that he could hardly carry it; but Snati said, ‘Throw it on my back,’ which he accordingly did, and the Dog then ran on before the Prince, until they came to the foot of a steep cliff. Who acts: Prince, Snati, Dog, King. 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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, Snati, Dog, King), 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:pg640:42:100 # text = The Prince did so, and gathered so much salt that he could hardly carry it; but Snati said, ‘Throw it on my back,’ which he accordingly did, and the Dog then ran on before the Prince, until they came to the foot of a steep cliff. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 on on ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 until until SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gather** | past | the Prince *not said here* | much salt | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | could | Prince | salt | | | | hardly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Snati | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **throw** | infinitive | | salt | | my back | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on back=Destination | | 6 | **do** | past | Prince | | | | | accordingly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **run on** | past | the Dog | | | | before the Prince; then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before prince=Trajectory | | 8 | **come** | past | King | | | the foot of a steep cliff | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/101/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)