--- title: The Prince was left quite unconsolable, and declared that nothing sh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was left quite unconsolable, and declared that nothing should induce him to go back to his kingdom until he had found her again, and refusing to allow any of his courtiers to follow him, he mounted his horse and rode sadly away, letting the animal choose his own path. Who acts: nothing, P --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/33/) [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/) / [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Pr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/) / 33 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 33 The Prince was left quite unconsolable, and declared that nothing should induce him to go back to his kingdom until he had found her again, and refusing to allow any of his courtiers to follow him, he mounted his horse and rode sadly away, letting the animal choose his own path. **Who acts:** nothing, Prince, animal · **What happens:** leave, declare, induce, go back, find, refuse · **To what, where:** Prince, princess, any, horse, animal, own path This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nothing, Prince, animal), 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:pg503:3:33 # text = The Prince was left quite unconsolable, and declared that nothing should induce him to go back to his kingdom until he had found her again, and refusing to allow any of his courtiers to follow him, he mounted his horse and rode sadly away, letting the animal choose his own path. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 unconsolable unconsolable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 induce induce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 29 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | the Prince | | | | unconsolable *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **induce** | should | nothing | Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **go back** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | to Prince's kingdom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result | | 5 | **find** | past · perfect | Prince | princess | | | again | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 6 | **refuse** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **allow** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | any | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Beneficiary | | 8 | **follow** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **mount** | past | Prince | Prince's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 10 | **ride away** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | away, sadly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **let** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | the animal | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **choose** | infinitive | the animal *not said here* | Prince's own path | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/34/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)