--- title: He felt, however, that great prudence was necessary, or he himself m… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He felt, however, that great prudence was necessary, or he himself might become the victim of some enchantment; and he was thankful to slip past the dragons, and enter a beautiful park, with clear streams and sweet flowers, and a crowd of men and maidens. Who acts: Prince, great prudence. 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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, great prudence), 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:pg640:17:7 # text = He felt, however, that great prudence was necessary, or he himself might become the victim of some enchantment; and he was thankful to slip past the dragons, and enter a beautiful park, with clear streams and sweet flowers, and a crowd of men and maidens. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 prudence prudence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 29 past past ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | that great prudence | | | | | however, necessary *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | might | Prince | the victim of some enchantment | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | thankful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **slip** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | past the dragons | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **enter** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | a beautiful park | | | | with clear streams and sweet flowers | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme park=Destination | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/8/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)