--- title: He promised to do so, and they succeeded in getting away from the in… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He promised to do so, and they succeeded in getting away from the inn, and rode on until they came to another far away from it, where the prince got a good place for the girl before proceeding on his journey. Who acts: life, shrieks, prince. 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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 (life, shrieks, prince), 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:pg5615:14:113 # text = He promised to do so, and they succeeded in getting away from the inn, and rode on until they came to another far away from it, where the prince got a good place for the girl before proceeding on his journey. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 28 nsubj _ _ 25 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 proceeding proceed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | life | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | life *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **succeed** | past | shrieks *= shriek* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get away** | gerund | shrieks *= shriek* *not said here* | | | the inn | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from inn=Source | | 5 | **ride on** | past | life *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | shrieks *= shriek* | | | inn | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **get** | past | the prince | a good place | | | | for the girl | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for girl=Beneficiary | | 8 | **proceed** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | life's journey | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **journey** | | life | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/112/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)