--- title: The young prince listened to his mother, and obeyed her for some tim… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The young prince listened to his mother, and obeyed her for some time; but one day, when he was hunting on the three sides where he was allowed to go, he remembered what she had said to him about the fourth side, and he determined to go and see why she had forbidden him to hunt on that side. 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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 (young prince, prince, friendship), 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:pg7128:7:35 # text = The young prince listened to his mother, and obeyed her for some time; but one day, when he was hunting on the three sides where he was allowed to go, he remembered what she had said to him about the fourth side, and he determined to go and see why she had forbidden him to hunt on that side. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 46 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 55 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 ccomp _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 64 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | the young prince | | | | | to prince's mother | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to mother=Theme | | 2 | **obey** | past | the young prince *not said here* | friendship | | | time | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | past · progressive | prince | | | the three sides | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | | prince | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **remember** | past | prince | | | | day | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | friendship | | prince | | | about the fourth side | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to he=Recipient | | 8 | **determine** | past | prince | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **see** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **forbid** | past · perfect | friendship | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | friendship *not said here* | | | that side | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/36/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/)