--- title: The Prince tried to throw himself at her feet to thank her, but woke… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince tried to throw himself at her feet to thank her, but woke to find it was all a dream; nevertheless he took fresh courage, and went next day to see the Princess, to whom he gave many mysterious assurances that all would yet be well. Who acts: Prince, entry. 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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, entry), 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:pg7277:16:60 # text = The Prince tried to throw himself at her feet to thank her, but woke to find it was all a dream; nevertheless he took fresh courage, and went next day to see the Princess, to whom he gave many mysterious assurances that all would yet be well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 43 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 assurances assurance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 yet yet ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Prince | | Sabella's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | Sabella | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **wake** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | entry | all dream | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past | Prince | fresh courage | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 10 | **give** | past | Prince | many mysterious assurances | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent assurance=Theme to whom=Recipient | | 11 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | yet | well *property* | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/61/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)