--- title: They rode on and on and on, till they reached the end of the world,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They rode on and on and on, till they reached the end of the world, where the prince lived, and leaving the girl in an inn he went himself to the palace to ask leave of his father to present her to him as his bride; but in his joy at seeing his family once more he forgot all about her, and even list --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/81/) [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/) / 81 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 81 They rode on and on and on, till they reached the end of the world, where the prince lived, and leaving the girl in an inn he went himself to the palace to ask leave of his father to present her to him as his bride; but in his joy at seeing his family once more he forgot all about her, and even listened when the king spoke of arranging a marriage for him. **Who acts:** feelings, prince, king · **What happens:** ride on, reach, live, leave, go, ask · **To what, where:** joy, end, girl, inn, prince, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (feelings, prince, king), 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:pg641:42:81 # text = They rode on and on and on, till they reached the end of the world, where the prince lived, and leaving the girl in an inn he went himself to the palace to ask leave of his father to present her to him as his bride; but in his joy at seeing his family once more he forgot all about her, and even listened when the king spoke of arranging a marriage for him. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 csubj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 55 at at SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 56 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 60 advmod _ _ 60 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 63 all all ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 about about ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 even even ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 70 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ _ 74 of of SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 75 arranging arrange VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 73 advcl _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 78 for for ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride on** | past | feelings *= feeling* | | | prince's joy | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | feelings *= feeling* | the end of the world | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | gerund | | the girl | | a inn | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent girl=Theme in inn=Location | | 5 | **go** | past | prince | prince | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | leave of prince's father | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | girl | prince | | | as prince's bride | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Recipient | | 8 | **see** | gerund | feelings *= feeling* *not said here* | prince's family | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus | | 9 | **forget** | past | prince | | | | | about princess; all *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **listen** | past | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **arrange** | gerund | the king *not said here* | a marriage | | | | for prince | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent marriage=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 13 | **joy** | | prince | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/82/) - ↑ back to [The Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/)