--- title: They walked on a little further, till the prince thought he heard th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They walked on a little further, till the prince thought he heard the grinding of a saw-mill, as if dozens of saws were working together, but his guide observed, ‘The grandmother is sleeping soundly; listen how she snores.’ Who acts: water, prince, dozens, guide. 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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 (water, prince, dozens, guide), 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:pg641:9:72 # text = They walked on a little further, till the prince thought he heard the grinding of a saw-mill, as if dozens of saws were working together, but his guide observed, ‘The grandmother is sleeping soundly; listen how she snores.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 6 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 grinding grinding NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 dozens dozen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 saws saw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 29 together together ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 41 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 43 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 snores snore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | water | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on far=Trajectory | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | prince | the grinding of a saw mill | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer grinding=Stimulus | | 4 | **work together** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | dozens of saws | | | | | together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **observe** | past | prince's guide | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sleep** | present · progressive | the grandmother | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **listen** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **snore** | present | grandmother | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/73/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)