--- title: The prince showed her that there was no real cause for fear, and sai… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince showed her that there was no real cause for fear, and said that he felt he ought to return to his friend at night, because he had left his home and country and risked his life for him; and, moreover, if it had not been for his friend's help he would never have met with her. Who acts: prin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/60/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/) / 60 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22, sentence 60 The prince showed her that there was no real cause for fear, and said that he felt he ought to return to his friend at night, because he had left his home and country and risked his life for him; and, moreover, if it had not been for his friend's help he would never have met with her. **Who acts:** prince, real cause, friend · **What happens:** show, be, say, feel, return, leave · **To what, where:** Gulizar, home, life, cause · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, real cause, friend), 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:pg7128:28:60 # text = The prince showed her that there was no real cause for fear, and said that he felt he ought to return to his friend at night, because he had left his home and country and risked his life for him; and, moreover, if it had not been for his friend's help he would never have met with her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 risked risk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 aux:pass _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 59 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 60 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 61 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux _ _ 62 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | the prince | | Gulizar | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | past | no real cause for fear | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **feel** | past | prince | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **return** | ought | prince | | | | night | to prince's friend *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to friend=Result | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect | prince | prince's home and country | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | | 7 | **risk** | past | prince *not said here* | prince's life | | | | for prince | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Pivot | | 8 | **not** **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | would · past · perfect · passive | | cause | | | | for prince's friend's help; with Gulizar; moreover *property* | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme with she=Instrument | | 9 | **help** | | prince's friend | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/61/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)