--- title: And when they saw him coming they were frightened, and urged the pri… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when they saw him coming they were frightened, and urged the prince’s horse faster and faster, till he said, ‘Fear nothing; no harm can happen to us,’ and their hearts grew calm, for they trusted his wisdom. Who acts: horses, dragon, harm, hearts. 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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 (horses, dragon, harm, hearts), 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:pg641:7:155 # text = And when they saw him coming they were frightened, and urged the prince’s horse faster and faster, till he said, ‘Fear nothing; no harm can happen to us,’ and their hearts grew calm, for they trusted his wisdom. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 urged urge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | horses *= horse* | dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **urge** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | the prince's horse | | | fast *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dragon | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | can | no harm | | us | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | past | horses's hearts | | | | | calm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **trust** | past | horses *= horse* | dragon's wisdom | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/156/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)