--- title: When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined bur… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined burst out afresh, and, standing near the lion, he said: “O you most detestable of animals! through a lying dream of my father’s, which he saw in his sleep, I am shut up on your account in this palace as if I had been a girl: what shall --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/46/) [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/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/) / 46 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 46 When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined burst out afresh, and, standing near the lion, he said: “O you most detestable of animals! through a lying dream of my father’s, which he saw in his sleep, I am shut up on your account in this palace as if I had been a girl: what shall I now do to you?” **Who acts:** young Prince, Prince, dream, your · **What happens:** see, burst out, stand, say, lie, shut up · **To what, where:** this, grief, lying dream, father, sleep, Prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 14. 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, dream, your), 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:pg21:16:46 # text = When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined burst out afresh, and, standing near the lion, he said: “O you most detestable of animals! through a lying dream of my father’s, which he saw in his sleep, I am shut up on your account in this palace as if I had been a girl: what shall I now do to you?” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 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 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 at at SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 12 thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 burst burst VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 afresh afresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 21 near near ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 O o INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 32 advmod _ _ 32 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 amod _ _ 39 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 65 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 66 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 68 cop _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 : : PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 70 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 68 appos _ _ 71 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 74 advmod _ _ 74 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 acl:relcl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ? ? PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the young Prince | this | | | | Prince's grief *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **burst out** | gerund · passive | | Prince's grief *not said here* | | | | afresh, thus *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | the young Prince *not said here* | | | | | near the lion | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near lion=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Prince | | | a lying dream of my father | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | dream | my father | | dream's sleep | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 7 | **shut up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Prince | | your account | | in this palace | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Prince | a girl | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | shall | Prince | | you | | now | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **dream** *in a quote* | | | my father | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **sleep** *in a quote* | | dream | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **account** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: 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:** «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 21 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/47/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/)