--- title: As these rocks were full of caves and some of those caves were deep,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As these rocks were full of caves and some of those caves were deep, the Prince entered into one, and, looking about, cast his eyes on an iron door, which seemed to have no lock, but he feared it was fastened. Who acts: some, Prince, iron door. 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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 (some, Prince, iron door), 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:pg503:50:41 # text = As these rocks were full of caves and some of those caves were deep, the Prince entered into one, and, looking about, cast his eyes on an iron door, which seemed to have no lock, but he feared it was fastened. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | as this rocks; of caves; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | some | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | past | the Prince | | | | | into one | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into one=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **cast** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Prince's eyes | | a iron door | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on door=Destination | | 6 | **seem** | past | a iron door | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | a iron door *not said here* | no lock | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | | 8 | **fear** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **fasten** | past · passive | | lock | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/42/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)