--- title: In the forest they met a woodcutter, who told them that in the palac… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the forest they met a woodcutter, who told them that in the palace, as well as in all the land, there had been great sorrow over the loss of the prince, and many years had now passed away during which they had found no traces of him. Who acts: words, woodcutter. 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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 (words, woodcutter), 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:pg641:11:66 # text = In the forest they met a woodcutter, who told them that in the palace, as well as in all the land, there had been great sorrow over the loss of the prince, and many years had now passed away during which they had found no traces of him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woodcutter woodcutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 23 cc _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 during during ADP IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 traces trace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | words *= word* | a woodcutter | | the forest | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woodcutter=Co-Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a woodcutter | | words *= word* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **have** | past | words *= word* *not said here* | | | the loss of the prince; there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | participle | | great sorrow | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass away** | past · perfect · passive | | many years | | | now | away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | no traces of prince | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme trace=Attribute | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/67/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/)