--- title: The Prince was pleased at finding a human being in this desolate and… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was pleased at finding a human being in this desolate and mysterious castle, and, approaching the lady, he endeavoured to arouse her from her slumber. Who acts: Prince, this, Scarcely, goat. 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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, this, Scarcely, goat), 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:pg75000:17:40 # text = The Prince was pleased at finding a human being in this desolate and mysterious castle, and, approaching the lady, he endeavoured to arouse her from her slumber. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 8 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 12 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 compound _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 arouse arouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **desolate** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | gerund | this | | | a human desolate mysterious castle | | | tree rules | | 5 | **approach** | gerund | Scarcely *not said here* | the lady | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | | 6 | **endeavour** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **arouse** | to-infinitive | Scarcely *not said here* | goat | | goat's slumber | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 8 | **slumber** | | goat | | | | | | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/41/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)