--- title: The Prince was about to enter the wood by a little path he had disco… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was about to enter the wood by a little path he had discovered, when he heard a voice shouting to him: ‘Hold, youth! Who acts: Prince, voice. 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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, voice), 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:pg640:30:60 # text = The Prince was about to enter the wood by a little path he had discovered, when he heard a voice shouting to him: ‘Hold, youth! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the wood | | | | by a little path | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Destination | | 3 | **discover** | past · perfect | Prince | a little path *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic | | 4 | **hear** | past | Prince | a voice | | | | Hold and youth *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | a voice *not said here* | | Prince | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/61/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)