--- title: But when they came to the bridge where he had left his horse it was… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when they came to the bridge where he had left his horse it was nowhere to be seen, for, though the Prince thought he had been a crab only a few hours, he had in reality been under the water for more than ten days. Who acts: maidens, prince, reality. 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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 (maidens, prince, reality), 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:pg503:26:118 # text = But when they came to the bridge where he had left his horse it was nowhere to be seen, for, though the Prince thought he had been a crab only a few hours, he had in reality been under the water for more than ten days. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 16 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 48 advmod _ _ 47 than than ADP IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | maidens *= maiden* | | | the bridge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | prince | prince's horse | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **see for** | past · passive | | power | | | | nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | prince | a crab | | | hour | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | prince | | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | participle | reality | | | the water | | | tree rules | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/119/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)