--- title: The sight of all these happy lovers only made the Prince grieve the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sight of all these happy lovers only made the Prince grieve the more, and he wandered along the seashore spending his days; but one day he was sitting on a rock bewailing his fate, and the impossibility of leaving the island, when all in a moment the sea appeared to raise itself nearly to the sk --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/16/) [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 Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/) / 16 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4, sentence 16 The sight of all these happy lovers only made the Prince grieve the more, and he wandered along the seashore spending his days; but one day he was sitting on a rock bewailing his fate, and the impossibility of leaving the island, when all in a moment the sea appeared to raise itself nearly to the skies, and the caves echoed with hideous screams. **Who acts:** sight, Prince, impossibility, all, caves · **What happens:** make, grieve, wander, spend, sit, bewail · **To what, where:** Prince, more, seashore, rock, fate, island This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sight, Prince, impossibility, all), 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:pg640:17:16 # text = The sight of all these happy lovers only made the Prince grieve the more, and he wandered along the seashore spending his days; but one day he was sitting on a rock bewailing his fate, and the impossibility of leaving the island, when all in a moment the sea appeared to raise itself nearly to the skies, and the caves echoed with hideous screams. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 grieve grieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 seashore seashore NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 bewailing bewail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 impossibility impossibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 when when SCONJ WRB _ 54 mark _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 nsubj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 obj _ _ 58 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 66 echoed echo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the sight of all happy lovers | the Prince | | | | the impossibility *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **grieve** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the more | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus more=Experiencer | | 3 | **wander** | past | Prince | | | the seashore | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along seashore=Trajectory | | 4 | **spend** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | Prince | | | a rock | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | | 6 | **bewail** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | Prince's fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | the impossibility *not said here* | the island | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme | | 8 | **appear** | past | all | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **raise** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | fate | | the skies | | nearly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme to sky=Destination | | 10 | **echo** | past | the caves | | | | | with hideous screams | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP.location V NP.theme»: agent=Location with scream=Theme | | 11 | **sight** | | | all happy lovers | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **fate** | | Prince | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/17/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)