--- title: So it happened that he came presently to a great plain, across which… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So it happened that he came presently to a great plain, across which he rode all day long without seeing a single house, and horse and rider were terribly hungry, when, as the night fell, the Prince caught sight of a light, which seemed to shine from a cavern. Who acts: it, Prince, horse, night. 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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 (it, Prince, horse, night), 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:pg503:3:34 # text = So it happened that he came presently to a great plain, across which he rode all day long without seeing a single house, and horse and rider were terribly hungry, when, as the night fell, the Prince caught sight of a light, which seemed to shine from a cavern. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 presently presently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 20 without without SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 shine shine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Prince | | | a great plain | | presently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to plain=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ride** | past | Prince | | | | day | long *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across which=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | a single house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | horse and rider | | | | | hungry, terribly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | the night | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | past | the Prince | sight of a light | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | past | a light | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **shine** | to-infinitive | a light *not said here* | | | a cavern | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sight** | | | a light | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/35/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)