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title: So the prince mounted the colt, and gave him such a beating that whe… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 47

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So the prince mounted the colt, and gave him such a beating that when he came to the palace to announce that the animal was now so meek that it could be ridden by the smallest child, he found the king so bruised that he had to be wrapped in cloths dipped in vinegar, the mother was too stiff to move, and several of the daughters’ ribs were broken.

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**Who acts:** prince, animal, smallest child, mother · **What happens:** mount, give, come, announce, be, ride · **To what, where:** colt, beating, prince, animal, king, cloths

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, animal, smallest child, mother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:42:47
# text = So the prince mounted the colt, and gave him such a beating that when he came to the palace to announce that the animal was now so meek that it could be ridden by the smallest child, he found the king so bruised that he had to be wrapped in cloths dipped in vinegar, the mother was too stiff to move, and several of the daughters’ ribs were broken.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mounted	mount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	announce	announce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
28	so	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	meek	meek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	advcl	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	advcl	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	38	amod	_	_
38	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	so	so	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	ccomp	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
50	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	xcomp	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	cloths	cloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
54	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
60	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	cop	_	_
61	too	too	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	conj	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	64	mark	_	_
64	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
67	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	advcl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	’	's	PART	POS	_	70	case	_	_
72	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	obl	_	_
73	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux:pass	_	_
74	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mount** | past | the prince | the colt |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colt=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past | the prince *not said here* | such beating | prince |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient beating=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | past | prince | such beating |  |  |  | to the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme |
| 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | the animal |  |  |  | now | meek *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **ride** | could · passive | the smallest child | animal |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Location |
| 7 | **find** | past | prince | the king |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Topic |
| 8 | **bruise** | past | prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **have** | past | prince |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **wrap** | to-infinitive · passive | prince *not said here* |  |  | cloths |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: in cloth=Destination |
| 11 | **dip** | participle |  | cloths *not said here* |  |  |  | in vinegar | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in vinegar=Attribute |
| 12 | **is** | past | the mother |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **move** | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 14 | **break** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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**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.

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