--- title: The Prince could not believe that any danger threatened him when he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince could not believe that any danger threatened him when he was welcomed in this way, so, guided by the mysterious hands, he went toward a door of coral, which opened of its own accord, and he found himself in a vast hall of mother-of-pearl, out of which opened a number of other rooms, glitt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/27/) [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/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/) / 27 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 27 The Prince could not believe that any danger threatened him when he was welcomed in this way, so, guided by the mysterious hands, he went toward a door of coral, which opened of its own accord, and he found himself in a vast hall of mother-of-pearl, out of which opened a number of other rooms, glittering with thousands of lights, and full of such beautiful pictures and precious things that the Prince felt quite bewildered. **Who acts:** Prince, danger, Love, coral, precious things · **What happens:** not believe, threaten, welcome, guide, go, open · **To what, where:** Love, way, door, vast hall, number, precious things This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, danger, Love, coral), 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:pg503:23:27 # text = The Prince could not believe that any danger threatened him when he was welcomed in this way, so, guided by the mysterious hands, he went toward a door of coral, which opened of its own accord, and he found himself in a vast hall of mother-of-pearl, out of which opened a number of other rooms, glittering with thousands of lights, and full of such beautiful pictures and precious things that the Prince felt quite bewildered. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 welcomed welcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 guided guide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 toward toward ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 51 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 out out ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 60 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 glittering glitter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 77 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 conj _ _ 82 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 85 obj _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 85 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 acl:relcl _ _ 86 quite quite ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 87 bewildered bewilder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | could | the Prince | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **threaten** | past | any danger | Love | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **welcome** | past · passive | | Love | | this way | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in way=Location | | 4 | **guide** | participle | | | | | | by the mysterious hands | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hand=Destination | | 5 | **go** | past | Love | | | a door of coral | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward door=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **open** | past | coral | | | | | of danger's own accord | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past | Love | Love | | a vast hall of pearl | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 8 | **open** | past | | a number of other rooms | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme | | 9 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | with thousands of lights | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thousand=Theme | | 10 | **feel** | past | the Prince | precious things | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **bewilder** | participle | precious things *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/28/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)