--- title: So he ran toward the wood, but before he had gone many yards he fell… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he ran toward the wood, but before he had gone many yards he fell into a deep pit which had been made to trap bears, and the hunters, who were hiding in a tree, leaped down, and secured him with several chains, and led him into the chief city of his own kingdom. Who acts: prince, deep pit, hunter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/99/) [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 Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 99 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 99 So he ran toward the wood, but before he had gone many yards he fell into a deep pit which had been made to trap bears, and the hunters, who were hiding in a tree, leaped down, and secured him with several chains, and led him into the chief city of his own kingdom. **Who acts:** prince, deep pit, hunters · **What happens:** run, go, fall, make, trap, hide · **To what, where:** wood, many yards, deep pit, bears, tree, prince This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, deep pit, hunters), 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:pg503:39:99 # text = So he ran toward the wood, but before he had gone many yards he fell into a deep pit which had been made to trap bears, and the hunters, who were hiding in a tree, leaped down, and secured him with several chains, and led him into the chief city of his own kingdom. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 toward toward ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 trap trap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 secured secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | prince | | | the wood | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward wood=Trajectory | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | prince | many yards | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yard=Theme | | 3 | **fall** | past | prince | | | | | into a deep pit *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pit=Result | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | a deep pit | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **trap** | to-infinitive | a deep pit *not said here* | bears | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient | | 6 | **hide** | past · progressive | the hunters | | | a tree | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 7 | **leap down** | participle | the hunters | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **secure** | past | prince *not said here* | prince | | | | with several chains | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with chain=Co-Patient | | 9 | **lead** | past | prince *not said here* | prince | | the chief city of prince's own kingdom | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into city=Destination | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/100/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)