--- title: The prince listened eagerly, and was delighted to think that he was… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince listened eagerly, and was delighted to think that he was to go away all by himself to see the world, and was not in the least frightened; for though he was now sixteen, he had scarcely been allowed to walk alone beyond the palace gardens. Who acts: 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 (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:pg3282:17:103 # text = The prince listened eagerly, and was delighted to think that he was to go away all by himself to see the world, and was not in the least frightened; for though he was now sixteen, he had scarcely been allowed to walk alone beyond the palace gardens. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 nsubj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 3 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 alone alone ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | the prince | | | | | eagerly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | prince | | | | | away, go *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | prince | the world | | | | all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 6 | **frighten** | participle · passive | | least | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | prince | | | | now | for sixteen | tree rules | | 8 | **allow** | past · perfect · passive | | prince | | | | scarcely *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | the palace gardens | | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond garden=Trajectory | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/104/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)