--- title: The White Ship. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: The White Ship., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: King Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had one son, named William, whom he dearly loved. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/) [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/) / [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) / The White Ship. # The White Ship. The White Ship. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 43 sentences and 610 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/1/) — King Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had one son, named William, whom he dearly loved. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/2/) — The young man was noble and brave, and every-body hoped that he would some day be the King of England. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/3/) — One summer Prince William went with his father across the sea to look after their lands in France. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/4/) — They were wel-comed with joy by all their people there, and the young prince was so gallant and kind, that he won the love of all who saw him. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/5/) — But at last the time came for them to go back to England. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/6/) — The king, with his wise men and brave knights, set sail early in the day; but Prince William with his younger friends waited a little while. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/7/) — They had had so joyous a time in France that they were in no great haste to tear them-selves away. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/8/) — Then they went on board of the ship which was waiting to carry them home. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/9/) — It was a beau-ti-ful ship with white sails and white masts, and it had been fitted up on purpose for this voyage. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/10/) — The sea was smooth, the winds were fair, and no one thought of danger. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/11/) — On the ship, every-thing had been ar-ranged to make the trip a pleasant one. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/12/) — There was music and dancing, and everybody was merry and glad. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/13/) — The sun had gone down before the white-winged vessel was fairly out of the bay. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/14/) — But what of that? - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/15/) — The moon was at its full, and it would give light enough; and before the dawn of the morrow, the narrow sea would be crossed. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/16/) — And so the prince, and the young people who were with him, gave themselves up to mer-ri-ment and feasting and joy. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/17/) — The ear-li-er hours of the night passed by; and then there was a cry of alarm on deck. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/18/) — A moment after-ward there was a great crash. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/19/) — The ship had struck upon a rock. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/20/) — The water rushed in. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/21/) — She was sinking. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/22/) — Ah, where now were those who had lately been so heart-free and glad? - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/23/) — Every heart was full of fear. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/24/) — No one knew what to do. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/25/) — A small boat was quickly launched, and the prince with a few of his bravest friends leaped into it. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/26/) — They pushed off just as the ship was be-gin-ning to settle beneath the waves. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/27/) — Would they be saved? - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/28/) — They had rowed hardly ten yards from the ship, when there was a cry from among those that were left behind. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/29/) — "Row back!" cried the prince. " - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/30/) — It is my little sister. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/31/) — She must be saved!" - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/32/) — The men did not dare to disobey. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/33/) — The boat was again brought along-side of the sinking vessel. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/34/) — The prince stood up, and held out his arms for his sister. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/35/) — At that moment the ship gave a great lurch forward into the waves. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/36/) — One shriek of terror was heard, and then all was still save the sound of the moaning waters. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/37/) — Ship and boat, prince and prin-cess, and all the gay com-pa-ny that had set sail from France, went down to the bottom together. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/38/) — One man clung to a floating plank, and was saved the next day. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/39/) — He was the only person left alive to tell the sad story. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/40/) — When King Henry heard of the death of his son his grief was more than he could bear. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/41/) — His heart was broken. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/42/) — He had no more joy in life; and men say that no one ever saw him smile again. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/43/) — Here is a poem about him that your teacher may read to you, and perhaps, after a while, you may learn it by heart. - ← previous: [The Sons of William the Conqueror.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/6/) - next →: [He Never Smiled Again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/8/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)