--- title: But as soon as he was grown up she sent him out to see the world for… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But as soon as he was grown up she sent him out to see the world for himself, though all the time she was secretly keeping watch over him, ready to help in any time of need. Who acts: Fairy, watch. A sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/18/) [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/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 18 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 18 But as soon as he was grown up she sent him out to see the world for himself, though all the time she was secretly keeping watch over him, ready to help in any time of need. **Who acts:** Fairy, watch · **What happens:** grow up, send out, see, keep, help · **To what, where:** Prince, world, watch This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy, watch), 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:pg7277:11:18 # text = But as soon as he was grown up she sent him out to see the world for himself, though all the time she was secretly keeping watch over him, ready to help in any time of need. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **send out** | past | Fairy | Prince | | | | soon *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | the world | | | time | for Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 4 | **keep** | past · progressive | Fairy | watch | | | | over Prince; secretly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme over he=Location | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | watch *not said here* | | | | time | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/19/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)