--- title: The Prince was so curious to know more about them that he agreed wil… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was so curious to know more about them that he agreed willingly; so, after arranging with the sailors to wait for him fifteen days, and then, if he had not come back, to go on their way without him, he set out with his new friends. Who acts: Prince. 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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), 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:pg7277:15:5 # text = The Prince was so curious to know more about them that he agreed willingly; so, after arranging with the sailors to wait for him fifteen days, and then, if he had not come back, to go on their way without him, he set out with his new friends. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 arranging arrange VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 without without ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | | more | | | | about forms *= form* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Prince | | | | | willingly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **arrange** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | with the sailors | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sailor=Instrument | | 5 | **wait** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | day | for Prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Prince | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | forms's way | | without Prince | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 8 | **set out** | past | Prince | | | | | with Prince's new friends | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/6/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)