--- title: So the Prince grew up healthy and strong, leading the simple life of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Prince grew up healthy and strong, leading the simple life of a young peasant, for the Fairy thought that he could have no better training; only as he grew older she kept him more and more with herself, that his mind might be cultivated and exercised as well as his body. 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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, Fairy, Meantime), 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:pg7277:14:31 # text = So the Prince grew up healthy and strong, leading the simple life of a young peasant, for the Fairy thought that he could have no better training; only as he grew older she kept him more and more with herself, that his mind might be cultivated and exercised as well as his body. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 27 no no ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 training training NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 cultivated cultivate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 parataxis _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 exercised exercise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ _ 53 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 52 advmod _ _ 54 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 fixed _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | the Prince | | | | | healthy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the simple life of a young peasant | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** | could | Prince | better training | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent training=Patient | | 5 | **grow** | past | Prince | | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **keep** | past | Meantime | Prince | | | | with Meantime | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **cultivate** | might · passive | | Prince's mind | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 8 | **exercise** | participle | | | | | | as Prince's body | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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:** «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/32/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)