--- title: Sometimes he rescued a lovely Princess from some terrible danger, ag… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes he rescued a lovely Princess from some terrible danger, again he earned a kingdom by some brave deed, until at last he longed to go away and seek his fortune in a far country where his humble birth would not prevent his gaining honour and riches by his courage, and it was with a heart full --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/36/) [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/) / 36 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 36 Sometimes he rescued a lovely Princess from some terrible danger, again he earned a kingdom by some brave deed, until at last he longed to go away and seek his fortune in a far country where his humble birth would not prevent his gaining honour and riches by his courage, and it was with a heart full of ambitious projects that he rode one day into a great city not far from the Fairy’s castle. **Who acts:** Prince, humble birth, birth · **What happens:** rescue, earn, long, go away, seek, not prevent · **To what, where:** lovely Princess, terrible danger, kingdom, last, fortune, far country 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 (Prince, humble birth, birth), 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:pg7277:14:36 # text = Sometimes he rescued a lovely Princess from some terrible danger, again he earned a kingdom by some brave deed, until at last he longed to go away and seek his fortune in a far country where his humble birth would not prevent his gaining honour and riches by his courage, and it was with a heart full of ambitious projects that he rode one day into a great city not far from the Fairy’s castle. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rescued rescue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 9 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 earned earn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 19 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 until until SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 gaining gaining NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 60 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 ambitious ambitious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 projects project NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 67 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl:unmarked _ _ 69 into into ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 73 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 74 advmod _ _ 74 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ _ 75 from from ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’s 's PART POS _ 77 case _ _ 79 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rescue** | past | Prince | a lovely Princess | | some terrible danger | | sometimes *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from danger=Source | | 2 | **earn** | past | Prince | a kingdom | | | again | by some brave deed | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **long** | past | Prince | | | last | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **go away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's fortune | | a far country | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme in country=Location | | 6 | **not** **prevent** | would | Prince's humble birth | Prince's gaining honour and riches | | | | by Prince's courage | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer honour=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | birth | | | | | with a heart | tree rules | | 8 | **ride** | past | Prince | ambitious projects *not said here* | | a great city | day | far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent project=Theme into city=Trajectory | | 9 | **honour** | | Prince | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/37/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)