--- title: After walking for about three hours the Prince came upon a dreary-lo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After walking for about three hours the Prince came upon a dreary-looking grey stone wall; this was the back of the building and did not attract him; but when he came upon the front of the house he found it even less inviting, for the old witch had surrounded her dwelling with a fence of spikes, on --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/42/) [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 Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/) / 42 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2, sentence 42 After walking for about three hours the Prince came upon a dreary-looking grey stone wall; this was the back of the building and did not attract him; but when he came upon the front of the house he found it even less inviting, for the old witch had surrounded her dwelling with a fence of spikes, on every one of which a man’s skull was stuck. **Who acts:** this, Prince, skull · **What happens:** walk, come, look, be, not attract, find · **To what, where:** Prince, looking grey stone wall, back, front, house, old witch This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, Prince, skull), 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:pg640:31:42 # text = After walking for about three hours the Prince came upon a dreary-looking grey stone wall; this was the back of the building and did not attract him; but when he came upon the front of the house he found it even less inviting, for the old witch had surrounded her dwelling with a fence of spikes, on every one of which a man’s skull was stuck. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 12 dreary dreary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 15 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 attract attract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 inviting invite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 parataxis _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 dwelling dwell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 spikes spike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 65 det _ _ 65 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 obl _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’s 's PART POS _ 69 case _ _ 71 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | the Prince | | | hour | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | a looking grey stone wall | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon wall=Location | | 3 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past | this | the back | | | | of the building | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **attract** | past · do-support | | Prince | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past | Prince | | | the front of the house | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon front=Location | | 7 | **find** | past | Prince | house | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **invite** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | less *property* | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **surround** | past · perfect · passive | | the old witch | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **dwell** | gerund | | | | | | with a fence of spikes; on every one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on one=Location | | 11 | **is** | past | a man's skull | | | | | of every one; stuck *property* | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/43/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)