--- title: As soon as she had discovered by means of magical arts that the Prin… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she had discovered by means of magical arts that the Prince in the form of a bird was on his way to the Eastern magician, she changed herself into an eagle and watched in the air until the bird she was waiting for came in sight, for she knew him at once by the ring which was hung round hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/175/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/) / 175 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Dragon of the North(2), sentence 175 As soon as she had discovered by means of magical arts that the Prince in the form of a bird was on his way to the Eastern magician, she changed herself into an eagle and watched in the air until the bird she was waiting for came in sight, for she knew him at once by the ring which was hung round his neck by a ribbon. **Who acts:** maiden, Prince, bird · **What happens:** discover, mean, be, change, watch, wait · **To what, where:** way, maiden, air, bird, sight, ring This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Dragon of the North(2). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, Prince, bird), 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:pg640:5:175 # text = As soon as she had discovered by means of magical arts that the Prince in the form of a bird was on his way to the Eastern magician, she changed herself into an eagle and watched in the air until the bird she was waiting for came in sight, for she knew him at once by the ring which was hung round his neck by a ribbon. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 nsubj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 until until SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 46 obl _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 54 obl _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 64 round round ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 by by ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past · perfect | maiden | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of magical arts; soon *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the Prince in the form of a bird | | | air's way | | to the Eastern magician | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | past | maiden | maiden | | | | into a eagle *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into eagle=Result | | 5 | **watch** | past | maiden *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | | 6 | **wait** | past · progressive | maiden | the bird *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | the bird | | | sight | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sight=Location | | 8 | **know** | past | maiden | air | | | | by the ring | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 9 | **hang** | past · passive | | the ring | | | | round air's neck; by a ribbon | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by ribbon=Destination | | 10 | **form** | | | a bird | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/176/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)