--- title: Some servants who saw what had happened came rushing to the prince,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Some servants who saw what had happened came rushing to the prince, and the poor young man went nearly mad when he heard the result of his own folly, and could only cry out that he would follow the dragon to the ends of the earth, until he got his wife again. 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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 (servants, poor young man, man, dragon), 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:pg641:7:46 # text = Some servants who saw what had happened came rushing to the prince, and the poor young man went nearly mad when he heard the result of his own folly, and could only cry out that he would follow the dragon to the ends of the earth, until he got his wife again. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 20 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 until until SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | some servants | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | some servants | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rush** | gerund | some servants *not said here* | | | | | to the prince *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to prince=Result | | 5 | **go** | past | the poor young man | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | past | man | the result of prince's own folly | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus | | 7 | **cry out** *speech: express* | could | some servants *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **follow** | would | man | the dragon | | | to the ends of the earth | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme to end=Trajectory | | 9 | **get** | past | dragon | dragon's wife | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 10 | **result** | | | prince's own folly | | | | | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/47/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)