--- title: The second prince set out soon afterwards on the same errand; and wh… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The second prince set out soon afterwards on the same errand; and when he came to the golden road, and his horse had set one foot upon it, he stopped to look at it, and thought it very beautiful, and said to himself, ‘What a pity it is that anything should tread here!’ Who acts: prince, second princ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/76/) [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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/) / 76 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 76 The second prince set out soon afterwards on the same errand; and when he came to the golden road, and his horse had set one foot upon it, he stopped to look at it, and thought it very beautiful, and said to himself, ‘What a pity it is that anything should tread here!’ **Who acts:** prince, second prince, road, pity · **What happens:** set out, come, set, stop, look, think · **To what, where:** second prince, same errand, golden road, horse, road, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, second prince, road, pity), 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:pg2591:49:76 # text = The second prince set out soon afterwards on the same errand; and when he came to the golden road, and his horse had set one foot upon it, he stopped to look at it, and thought it very beautiful, and said to himself, ‘What a pity it is that anything should tread here!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 ccomp _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 59 nsubj _ _ 58 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl:relcl _ _ 60 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | participle | | the second prince *not said here* | | the same errand | | afterwards *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | prince | | | the golden road | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to road=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | prince's horse | | | | upon road | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme foot=Destination | | 4 | **stop** | past | the second prince | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | the second prince *not said here* | | | | | at road | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the second prince *not said here* | road | | | | beautiful *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the second prince *not said here* | | prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 8 | **be** | present | road | a pity *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pity=Theme | | 9 | **tread** | should | a pity | | | here | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/77/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)