--- title: The prince did all that the maiden had told him, and when at last he… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince did all that the maiden had told him, and when at last he was seated on top of the rick, and had counted up to twenty, he heard the horse ask in amazement: ‘What are you counting up there, my son?’ Who acts: prince, you. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful P --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/67/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/) / 67 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Grateful Prince, part 2, sentence 67 The prince did all that the maiden had told him, and when at last he was seated on top of the rick, and had counted up to twenty, he heard the horse ask in amazement: ‘What are you counting up there, my son?’ **Who acts:** prince, you · **What happens:** do, tell, seat, count up, hear, ask · **To what, where:** maiden, prince, top, horse, amazement · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Prince, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, 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:pg641:10:67 # text = The prince did all that the maiden had told him, and when at last he was seated on top of the rick, and had counted up to twenty, he heard the horse ask in amazement: ‘What are you counting up there, my son?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rick rick NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 44 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the maiden | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 3 | **seat** | past · passive | | prince | | top of the rick | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 4 | **count up** | past · perfect | the prince *not said here* | | | | | to twenty | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to twenty=Experiencer | | 5 | **hear** | past | prince | the horse | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | | | | amazement | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | you | | | there | | my son *obl*; count *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/68/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)