--- title: In the evening he called the prince and said: ‘To-morrow I have no w… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening he called the prince and said: ‘To-morrow I have no work for you, but when I wake you must come before my bed, and give me your hand in greeting.’ Who acts: friend, I, 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 (friend, I, 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:pg641:10:88 # text = In the evening he called the prince and said: ‘To-morrow I have no work for you, but when I wake you must come before my bed, and give me your hand in greeting.’ 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 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 To to ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wake wake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 29 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | friend | | the prince | | evening | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | I | no work | | | | to morrow; for you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient | | 4 | **wake** | present | I | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **come** | must | you | | | my bed | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before bed=Location | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your hand | me | greeting | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hand=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 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/89/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)