--- title: When there was absolutely nothing left at the bottom of the bag, the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When there was absolutely nothing left at the bottom of the bag, the stranger proposed that they should have just one more game, and that if the prince won he should have the money restored to him, but in case he lost, should remain in the inn for three years, and besides that should be his servant --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/7/) [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 Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/) / 7 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 7 When there was absolutely nothing left at the bottom of the bag, the stranger proposed that they should have just one more game, and that if the prince won he should have the money restored to him, but in case he lost, should remain in the inn for three years, and besides that should be his servant for another three. **Who acts:** nothing, cards, prince, that · **What happens:** be, leave, propose, have, win, restore · **To what, where:** bottom, one more game, money, prince, inn, servant 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 (nothing, cards, prince, that), 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:pg641:42:7 # text = When there was absolutely nothing left at the bottom of the bag, the stranger proposed that they should have just one more game, and that if the prince won he should have the money restored to him, but in case he lost, should remain in the inn for three years, and besides that should be his servant for another three. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 16 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 45 mark _ _ 43 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 fixed _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 besides besides ADP IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 nsubj _ _ 59 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 cop _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 65 det _ _ 65 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | nothing *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | | | the bottom of the bag and the stranger | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location | | 3 | **propose** | past | nothing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | should | cards *= card* | one more game | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient | | 5 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | should | prince | the money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 7 | **restore** | participle | | the money *not said here* | prince | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **lose** | past | prince | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **remain** | should | nothing *not said here* | | | the inn | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location | | 10 | **is a** | should | that | prince's servant | | | | for another three | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/8/) - ↑ back to [The Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/)