--- title: Though his heart did not fail him in the least, still he felt there… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Though his heart did not fail him in the least, still he felt there were many difficulties before him, and he resolved to set out at once, without even taking leave of the Fairy, for fear she might try to stop him. Who acts: heart, Prince, many difficulties. 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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 (heart, Prince, many difficulties), 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:pg7277:14:51 # text = Though his heart did not fail him in the least, still he felt there were many difficulties before him, and he resolved to set out at once, without even taking leave of the Fairy, for fear she might try to stop him. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 heart heart 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 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 without without SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 parataxis _ _ 34 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fail** | past · do-support | Prince's heart | Prince | | the least | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 2 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | | still | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | past | many difficulties before Prince | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **resolve** | past | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **set out** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | gerund | | leave of the Fairy | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 7 | **try** | might | heart | fear *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/52/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)