--- title: After they had gone a little way he turned round and asked his rider… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After they had gone a little way he turned round and asked his rider where he wanted to go to, and the Prince proceeded to tell him the whole story of the golden apples that had been stolen out of the King’s garden, and how his other two brothers had set forth with many followers to find the thief. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/) / 15 # The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 15 After they had gone a little way he turned round and asked his rider where he wanted to go to, and the Prince proceeded to tell him the whole story of the golden apples that had been stolen out of the King’s garden, and how his other two brothers had set forth with many followers to find the thief. **Who acts:** princes, father, Prince · **What happens:** go, turn round, ask, want, proceed, tell · **To what, where:** little way, rider, whole story, father, golden apples, garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Mermaid. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princes, father, 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:pg7277:52:15 # text = After they had gone a little way he turned round and asked his rider where he wanted to go to, and the Prince proceeded to tell him the whole story of the golden apples that had been stolen out of the King’s garden, and how his other two brothers had set forth with many followers to find the thief. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 55 forth forth ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | princes *= prince* | a little way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 2 | **turn round** | past | father | a little way *not said here* | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | father *not said here* | father's rider | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rider=Recipient | | 4 | **want** | past | father | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **proceed** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the whole story of the golden apples | father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic | | 8 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | the golden apples | | the King's garden | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme out garden=Source | | 9 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | father's other two brothers | | | | with many followers; forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with follower=Instrument | | 10 | **find** | to-infinitive | | the thief | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Topic | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/16/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)