--- title: So the brothers went to the glass hill, and all the princes and knig… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the brothers went to the glass hill, and all the princes and knights began to ride again, and this time they had taken care to roughen the shoes of their horses; but that did not help them: they rode and they slipped as they had done the day before, and not one of them could get even so far as a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/74/) [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 Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/) / 74 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 74 So the brothers went to the glass hill, and all the princes and knights began to ride again, and this time they had taken care to roughen the shoes of their horses; but that did not help them: they rode and they slipped as they had done the day before, and not one of them could get even so far as a yard up the hill. **Who acts:** brothers, princes, that, one · **What happens:** go, begin, ride, take, roughen, not help · **To what, where:** glass hill, care, shoes, princes This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, princes, that, one), 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:pg503:48:74 # text = So the brothers went to the glass hill, and all the princes and knights began to ride again, and this time they had taken care to roughen the shoes of their horses; but that did not help them: they rode and they slipped as they had done the day before, and not one of them could get even so far as a yard up the hill. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 27 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 roughen roughen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 ccomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 before before ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nsubj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nmod _ _ 61 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 63 even even ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 64 so so ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 62 advmod _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 up up ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the brothers | | | the glass hill | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **begin** | past | all princes and knights | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **ride** | to-infinitive | all princes and knights *not said here* | | | | again | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past · perfect | princes *= prince* | care | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 5 | **roughen** | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | the shoes of princes's horses | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | | 6 | **not** **help** | past · do-support | that | princes *= prince* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 7 | **ride** | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **slip** | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | past · perfect | princes *= prince* | | | | day | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | could | one of princes | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/75/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)