--- title: So the Prince took his spear and gave the rock a vigorous dig, which… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Prince took his spear and gave the rock a vigorous dig, which split off several pieces, and showed that, though the surface was thinly coated with stone, inside it was one solid mass of pure gold. Who acts: Prince, vigorous dig, surface. 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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, vigorous dig, surface), 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:pg7277:15:42 # text = So the Prince took his spear and gave the rock a vigorous dig, which split off several pieces, and showed that, though the surface was thinly coated with stone, inside it was one solid mass of pure gold. 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 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 vigorous vigorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dig dig NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 split split VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 thinly thinly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 coated coat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 inside inside ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Prince | Prince's spear | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the rock | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rock=Recipient dig=Theme | | 3 | **split off** | past | a vigorous dig | several pieces | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient | | 4 | **show** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **coat** | past · passive | | the surface | | | | with stone; thinly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with stone=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | surface | | | one solid mass | | of pure gold | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/43/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)