--- title: The Prince tried to jump in after her, but his men held him back, an… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince tried to jump in after her, but his men held him back, and in spite of his struggles led him home, where for six weeks he shut himself up in a secret chamber, and would neither eat nor drink, so great was his grief. Who acts: Prince, men. 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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, men), 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:pg503:26:54 # text = The Prince tried to jump in after her, but his men held him back, and in spite of his struggles led him home, where for six weeks he shut himself up in a secret chamber, and would neither eat nor drink, so great was his grief. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 struggles struggle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 neither neither ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **jump in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | after horse | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hold back** | past | prince's men | prince | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | past | | prince | | spite of prince's struggles | | home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in spite=Destination | | 5 | **shut up** | past | prince | prince | | a secret chamber | week | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **eat** | would | | | | | | neither *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | | prince's great grief | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **spite** | | | prince's struggles | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **struggle** | | prince | | | | | | nom struggle «act intransitive»: poss=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:** «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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/55/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)