--- title: He travelled many weary days without hearing a single word of the lo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He travelled many weary days without hearing a single word of the lost Princess, till one morning, as he was walking through a thick forest, he suddenly perceived a magnificent palace standing at the end of a pine avenue, and his heart bounded to think that he might be gazing on Rosalie’s prison. 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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 (most, magnificent palace, heart), 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:pg640:16:42 # text = He travelled many weary days without hearing a single word of the lost Princess, till one morning, as he was walking through a thick forest, he suddenly perceived a magnificent palace standing at the end of a pine avenue, and his heart bounded to think that he might be gazing on Rosalie’s prison. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 till till ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 avenue avenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 bounded bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux _ _ 54 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | most | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | most *not said here* | a single word of the lost Princess | | | morning | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **walk** | past · progressive | most | | | a thick forest | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 5 | **perceive** | past | most | a magnificent palace | | | | suddenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | a magnificent palace *not said here* | | | | at the end of a pine avenue | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location | | 7 | **bound** | past | most's heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | most's heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **gaze** | might · progressive | most | | | | | on Rosalie's prison | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on prison=Theme | | 10 | **word** | | | the lost Princess | | | | | nom word «communication 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/43/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)