--- title: There lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind we… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind were set upon conquering all the countries of the world, and on frightening the people; he devastated their countries with fire and sword, and his soldiers trod down the crops in the fields and destroyed the peasants' huts by fire, so --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/1/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Wicked Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/) / 1 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wicked Prince, sentence 1 There lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind were set upon conquering all the countries of the world, and on frightening the people; he devastated their countries with fire and sword, and his soldiers trod down the crops in the fields and destroyed the peasants' huts by fire, so that the flames licked the green leaves off the branches, and the fruit hung dried up on the singed black trees. **Who acts:** wicked prince, he, soldiers, flames, fruit · **What happens:** live, be, conquer, devastate, tread down, destroy · **To what, where:** countries, crops, fields, huts, green leaves, branches This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wicked Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked prince, he, soldiers, flames), 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:pg27200:207:1 # text = There lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind were set upon conquering all the countries of the world, and on frightening the people; he devastated their countries with fire and sword, and his soldiers trod down the crops in the fields and destroyed the peasants' huts by fire, so that the flames licked the green leaves off the branches, and the fruit hung dried up on the singed black trees. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 16 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 conquering conquer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 frightening frightening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 devastated devastate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 down down ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ' 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 huts hut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 so so SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj _ _ 63 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 67 off off ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 75 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 xcomp _ _ 76 up up ADP RP _ 75 compound:prt _ _ 77 on on ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 79 singed singe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 81 amod _ _ 80 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | | | | there | time | once *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | a wicked prince | | | | | set *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **conquer** | gerund | a wicked prince *not said here* | all countries of the world | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient | | 4 | **devastate** | past | he | people's countries | | | | with fire and sword | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent country=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 5 | **tread down** | past | his soldiers | the crops | | the fields | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location crop=Theme | | 6 | **destroy** | past | | the peasants's huts | | | | by fire | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Patient | | 7 | **lick** | past | the flames | the green leaves | | the branches | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme off branch=Source | | 8 | **hang** | past | the fruit | | | the singed black trees | | | tree rules | | 9 | **dry up** | participle | the fruit *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **singe** | participle | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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: [What One Can Invent, 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/206/87/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/2/) - ↑ back to [The Wicked Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/)