--- title: However the young Prince, who was both hot and thirsty, found his wa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However the young Prince, who was both hot and thirsty, found his way to the farm, to ask for a drink of cider, and he inquired the name of the beautiful lady that kept the sheep. Who acts: young Prince, Prince, beautiful lady. 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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, beautiful lady), 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:pg7277:24:23 # text = However the young Prince, who was both hot and thirsty, found his way to the farm, to ask for a drink of cider, and he inquired the name of the beautiful lady that kept the sheep. 1 However however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 both both ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 cider cider NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young Prince | | | | | both, hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the young Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | the young Prince | Prince's way | | | | to the farm; however *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for a drink of cider | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | Prince | the name of the beautiful lady | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 6 | **keep** | past | the beautiful lady | the sheep | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | | the beautiful lady | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/24/) - ↑ back to [The Dirty Shepherdess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/)