--- title: When she drew near he held out his hand, which she grasped eagerly,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she drew near he held out his hand, which she grasped eagerly, taking it for that of her lover; and, seizing his opportunity, the Prince passed a cord round her arms, and throwing off his invisibility cried to his spirits to drag her into the lowest pit. 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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 (turn, Prince, hand, invisibility), 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:pg640:17:57 # text = When she drew near he held out his hand, which she grasped eagerly, taking it for that of her lover; and, seizing his opportunity, the Prince passed a cord round her arms, and throwing off his invisibility cried to his spirits to drag her into the lowest pit. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 round round ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 invisibility invisibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 54 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | turn | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hold out** | past | Prince | Prince's hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **grasp** | past | Prince's hand | | | | | eagerly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **take** | gerund | Prince's hand *not said here* | fountain | | | | for that | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for that=Beneficiary | | 5 | **seize** | gerund | turn *not said here* | Prince's opportunity | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 6 | **pass** | past | the Prince | a cord | | | | round turn's arms | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cord=Trajectory | | 7 | **throw off** | gerund | turn *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Prince's invisibility | | Prince's spirits | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to spirit=Recipient | | 9 | **drag** | to-infinitive | Prince's invisibility *not said here* | turn | | the lowest pit | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/58/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)