--- title: Meanwhile the Prince went against the other with fear and trembling,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the Prince went against the other with fear and trembling, and by the time Snati came to help him the ox had nearly got him under, but Snati was not slow in helping his master to kill it. Who acts: Prince, Snati, ox, master. 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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, Snati, ox, master), 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:pg640:42:76 # text = Meanwhile the Prince went against the other with fear and trembling, and by the time Snati came to help him the ox had nearly got him under, but Snati was not slow in helping his master to kill it. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 trembling trembling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the Prince | | | | | against the other; with fear and trembling; meanwhile *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with fear=Beneficiary | | 2 | **come** | past | Snati | | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | Snati *not said here* | | Snati | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | the ox | Snati | | | | nearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | Snati | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **help** | gerund | Snati *not said here* | Snati's master | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent master=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Snati's master *not said here* | master | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/77/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)