--- title: Then the Princess was frightened and said everything she could think… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Princess was frightened and said everything she could think of to prevent Charming from fighting the giant, but it was of no use, and he went out to arm himself suitably, and then, taking little Frisk with him, he mounted his horse and set out for Galifron’s country. Who acts: princess, def --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/119/) [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 Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/) / 119 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 119 Then the Princess was frightened and said everything she could think of to prevent Charming from fighting the giant, but it was of no use, and he went out to arm himself suitably, and then, taking little Frisk with him, he mounted his horse and set out for Galifron’s country. **Who acts:** princess, defense, Galifron · **What happens:** frighten, say, think, prevent, fight, be · **To what, where:** Princess, everything, Charming, giant, arm, little Frisk · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, defense, Galifron), 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:pg503:28:119 # text = Then the Princess was frightened and said everything she could think of to prevent Charming from fighting the giant, but it was of no use, and he went out to arm himself suitably, and then, taking little Frisk with him, he mounted his horse and set out for Galifron’s country. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 from from SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 35 suitably suitably ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 52 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 Galifron Galifron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the Princess | | | then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | could | princess | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | Charming | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer charming=Theme | | 5 | **fight** | gerund | | the giant | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | defense | | | | | of no use | tree rules | | 7 | **go out** | past | Galifron | arm Galifron | | | | out, suitably *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | gerund | Galifron *not said here* | little Frisk | | | then | with Galifron | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frisk=Theme | | 9 | **mount** | past | Galifron | Galifron's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 10 | **set out** | past | Galifron *not said here* | | | | | for Galifron's country | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/120/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)