--- title: The prince waited and waited, till at last the goldsmith returned, a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince waited and waited, till at last the goldsmith returned, and with him the kotwal, who at once took the prince into custody on the charge of stealing the princess's necklace. Who acts: prince, last goldsmith, kotwal, charge. 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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 (prince, last goldsmith, kotwal, charge), 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:pg7128:28:106 # text = The prince waited and waited, till at last the goldsmith returned, and with him the kotwal, who at once took the prince into custody on the charge of stealing the princess's necklace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 goldsmith goldsmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 kotwal kotwal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 obl _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the prince | the kotwal with goldsmith | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **return** | past | the last goldsmith | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | the kotwal with goldsmith | the prince | | custody | | on the charge | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme into custody=Destination | | 5 | **steal** | gerund | the charge *not said here* | the princess's necklace | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location necklace=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:** «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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/107/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)