--- title: In his secret heart the Prince got tired of his mother’s constant ta… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In his secret heart the Prince got tired of his mother’s constant talk on this subject; and when one day she quitted the palace to attend to some business, begging him never to go beyond the grounds, he at once jumped at the chance of disobeying her. Who acts: Prince, mother, man, chance. 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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 (Prince, mother, man, chance), 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:pg640:16:8 # text = In his secret heart the Prince got tired of his mother’s constant talk on this subject; and when one day she quitted the palace to attend to some business, begging him never to go beyond the grounds, he at once jumped at the chance of disobeying her. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 quitted quitt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 38 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 45 obl _ _ 45 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 disobeying disobey VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the Prince | | | man's secret heart | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **quitt** | past | mother | the palace | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **attend** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | the palace *not said here* | | | | to some business | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to business=Theme | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | mother *not said here* | | palace | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | the grounds | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond grounds=Location | | 6 | **jump** | past | man | | | the chance | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | | 7 | **disobey** | gerund | the chance *not said here* | mother | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **talk** | | man's mother | | | this subject | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent on=place | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/9/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)