--- title: In an instant the prince had seized her hand, and though she made a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In an instant the prince had seized her hand, and though she made a frightened struggle to reach the water--for she in her turn had had a spell laid upon her--he held her fast. Who acts: girl, spell, prince. 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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 (girl, spell, prince), 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:pg3027:13:28 # text = In an instant the prince had seized her hand, and though she made a frightened struggle to reach the water--for she in her turn had had a spell laid upon her--he held her fast. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | a instant | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | girl | a frightened struggle | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent struggle=Product | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past · perfect | girl | a spell | | girl's turn | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | participle | a spell *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Result | | 6 | **hold** | past | prince | girl | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)