--- title: The man told him where he would find the palace, and how long it wou… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The man told him where he would find the palace, and how long it would take him to get there, and the prince thanked him, and followed his directions, till that same evening he reached the town where the dragon-emperor lived. Who acts: man, prince, it, dragon emperor. 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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 (man, prince, it, dragon emperor), 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:pg641:7:62 # text = The man told him where he would find the palace, and how long it would take him to get there, and the prince thanked him, and followed his directions, till that same evening he reached the town where the dragon-emperor lived. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 till till ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | would | prince | the palace | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Topic | | 3 | **take** | would | it | | prince | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the prince | | man | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | past | | prince's directions | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme | | 7 | **reach** | past | prince | the town | | | evening | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 8 | **live** | past | the dragon emperor | | | | | | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/63/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)