--- title: Advancing a few paces the Prince found himself in a small dungeon, l… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Advancing a few paces the Prince found himself in a small dungeon, lighted only by the glimmer which issued from a goblet of crystal liquid held in the hand of a beautiful young boy, who was seated in the centre of the chamber. Who acts: Prince, small dungeon, glimmer. 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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, small dungeon, glimmer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:17:110 # text = Advancing a few paces the Prince found himself in a small dungeon, lighted only by the glimmer which issued from a goblet of crystal liquid held in the hand of a beautiful young boy, who was seated in the centre of the chamber. 1 Advancing advance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 glimmer glimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | a few paces | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer pace=Patient | | 2 | **find** | past | the Prince | drop | | a small dungeon | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 3 | **light** | participle | a small dungeon *not said here* | the glimmer | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimmer=Product | | 4 | **issue** | past | the glimmer | | | a goblet of crystal liquid | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | participle | | crystal liquid *not said here* | | the hand of a beautiful young boy | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 6 | **seat** | past · passive | | a beautiful young boy | | the centre of the chamber | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in centre=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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/111/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)