--- title: The cries she uttered softened the heart of the Prince; he took the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cries she uttered softened the heart of the Prince; he took the stone from his mouth, and drawing his sword he rushed after the giant, so as to give the lady time to escape. Who acts: sight, 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 (sight, 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:pg640:17:18 # text = The cries she uttered softened the heart of the Prince; he took the stone from his mouth, and drawing his sword he rushed after the giant, so as to give the lady time to escape. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 softened soften VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 after after SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | sight | the cries *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **soften** | participle | | the heart of the Prince | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past | Prince | the stone | | Prince's mouth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from mouth=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **draw** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | Prince's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **rush** | past | Prince | Prince's sword *not said here* | | | | giant *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sword=Trajectory | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | time | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/19/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)