--- title: In the evening, after they had finished this task, the Prince though… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, after they had finished this task, the Prince thought himself unfit to carry all the horns and both the hides, so Snati told him to lay them all on his back until they got to the Palace gate. Who acts: oxen, Prince, both, Snati. 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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 (oxen, Prince, both, Snati), 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:pg640:42:78 # text = In the evening, after they had finished this task, the Prince thought himself unfit to carry all the horns and both the hides, so Snati told him to lay them all on his back until they got to the Palace gate. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hides hide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 until until SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | oxen *= ox* | this task | | | evening | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality task=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | Prince | | | | unfit *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | all horns and the hides | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme | | 4 | **hide** | | both | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Snati | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **lay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Snati *not said here* | oxen *= ox* | | Snati's back | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on back=Destination | | 7 | **get** | past | oxen *= ox* | | | | | to the Palace gate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gate=Result | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/79/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)