--- title: But the prince was foolish enough to choose the fattest: and when th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the prince was foolish enough to choose the fattest: and when they had started and the princess saw what he had done, she was very sorry, for though this horse ran like the wind, the other flashed like thought. Who acts: prince, sisters, princess, horse. 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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, sisters, princess, horse), 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:pg641:42:52 # text = But the prince was foolish enough to choose the fattest: and when they had started and the princess saw what he had done, she was very sorry, for though this horse ran like the wind, the other flashed like thought. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fattest fat ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj _ _ 42 flashed flash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | enough, foolish *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the fattest | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme | | 3 | **start** | past · perfect | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **run** | past | this horse | | | | | like the wind | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **flash** | participle | the other | the wind *not said here* | | | | like thought | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wind=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/53/) - ↑ back to [The Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/)