--- title: The Prince thanked him for this and for all his other kindnesses, an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince thanked him for this and for all his other kindnesses, and the Giant returned home, while Ring went up some distance from the sea; but he did not know what land he had come to, and was afraid to speak to the Dog. Who acts: Prince, Giant, Ring. 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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, Giant, Ring), 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:pg640:42:45 # text = The Prince thanked him for this and for all his other kindnesses, and the Giant returned home, while Ring went up some distance from the sea; but he did not know what land he had come to, and was afraid to speak to the Dog. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 kindnesses kindness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 17 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 ccomp _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Prince | | Giant | | | for this | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for this=Attribute | | 2 | **return** | past | the Giant | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go up** | past | Ring | some distance from the sea | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Giant | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | Giant | land *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location land=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the Dog | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to dog=Co-Agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/46/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)