--- title: In due time the young prince was christened and his godmother was a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: In due time the young prince was christened and his godmother was a princess who was known far and wide for her wisdom and kindness, and everyone called her “the good queen.” Who acts: godmother, everyone. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/118/) [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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/) / 118 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 118 In due time the young prince was christened and his godmother was a princess who was known far and wide for her wisdom and kindness, and everyone called her “the good queen.” **Who acts:** godmother, everyone · **What happens:** christen, be, know, call · **To what, where:** young prince, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (godmother, everyone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:18:121 # text = In due time the young prince was christened and his godmother was a princess who was known far and wide for her wisdom and kindness, and everyone called her “the good queen.” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 nsubj _ _ 29 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **christen** | past · passive | | the young prince | | | time | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **is a** | past | prince's godmother | a princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past · passive | | a princess | | | | for princess's wisdom and kindness; far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **call** | past | everyone | | princess | | | the good queen *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)