--- title: After he had taken leave of the King, and was setting out on the sea… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After he had taken leave of the King, and was setting out on the search, Snati said to him, ‘Now you must first of all go about the neighbourhood, and gather as much salt as ever you can.’ Who acts: Prince, Snati, you. 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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, you), 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:pg640:42:99 # text = After he had taken leave of the King, and was setting out on the search, Snati said to him, ‘Now you must first of all go about the neighbourhood, and gather as much salt as ever you can.’ 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 5 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obl _ _ 30 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect | Prince | leave of the King | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **set out** | past · progressive | Prince *not said here* | | | the search | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Snati | | Prince | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | must | you | | | | now | about the neighbourhood; first *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about neighbourhood=Location | | 5 | **gather** | present | | much salt | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/100/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)