--- title: So he set out, followed by his beasts, and came to the town over whi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he set out, followed by his beasts, and came to the town over which his brother had ruled, and where the princess he had married lived. Who acts: fox. 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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 (fox), 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:pg641:5:103 # text = So he set out, followed by his beasts, and came to the town over which his brother had ruled, and where the princess he had married lived. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 30 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | fox | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **rule** | past · perfect · passive | | fox's brother | | the town | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | | 5 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/104/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)