--- title: But her care did not cease there: she resolved that he should be tri… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But her care did not cease there: she resolved that he should be tried by hardships and disappointments and the knowledge of his fellowmen; for indeed she knew the Prince would need every advantage that she could give him, since, though he increased in years, he did not increase in height, but remai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/32/) [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/) / [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/) / 32 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 32 But her care did not cease there: she resolved that he should be tried by hardships and disappointments and the knowledge of his fellowmen; for indeed she knew the Prince would need every advantage that she could give him, since, though he increased in years, he did not increase in height, but remained the tiniest of Princes. **Who acts:** care, hardships, Prince, Meantime · **What happens:** not cease, resolve, try, know, need, give · **To what, where:** Prince, advantage, height, tiniest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (care, hardships, Prince, 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:pg7277:14:32 # text = But her care did not cease there: she resolved that he should be tried by hardships and disappointments and the knowledge of his fellowmen; for indeed she knew the Prince would need every advantage that she could give him, since, though he increased in years, he did not increase in height, but remained the tiniest of Princes. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 hardships hardship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 disappointments disappointment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 of of 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 fellowmen fellowman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 30 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 since since SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 though though SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 tiniest tiny ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 59 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cease** | past · do-support | Meantime's care | | | there | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **resolve** | past | care | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | should · passive | hardships and disappointments and the knowledge of Prince's fellowmen | Prince | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **know** | past | care | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **need** | would | the Prince | every advantage | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot advantage=Theme | | 6 | **give** | could | care | | Prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **increase** | past | Prince | | | | year | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **not** **increase** | past · do-support | Prince | | | height | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **remain** | past | care *not said here* | the tiniest of Princes | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tiny=Attribute | | 10 | **care** | | Meantime | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/33/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)