--- title: So, when a fair young Prince was in due time born into the world, hi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So, when a fair young Prince was in due time born into the world, his parents hid him away in an underground palace, with nurses, and servants, and everything else a King's son might desire. Who acts: fair young Prince, parents, everything. 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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 (fair young Prince, parents, everything), 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:pg7128:20:76 # text = So, when a fair young Prince was in due time born into the world, his parents hid him away in an underground palace, with nurses, and servants, and everything else a King's son might desire. 1 So so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 12 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 nurses nurse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 35 else else ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a fair young Prince | | | | in due time | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | participle | | due time *not said here* | | the world | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hide away** | past | child's parents | child | | a underground palace and nurses | | servants *obl*; away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in palace=Location | | 4 | **desire** | might | everything | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/77/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)