--- title: The Prince was all the while secretly making plans for the next camp… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was all the while secretly making plans for the next campaign; he received private intelligence of the arrival of a strong reinforcement of Spaniels, to whom he sent orders to post themselves along the frontier without attracting attention, and as soon as he possibly could he held a consu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/10/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/) / 10 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 10 The Prince was all the while secretly making plans for the next campaign; he received private intelligence of the arrival of a strong reinforcement of Spaniels, to whom he sent orders to post themselves along the frontier without attracting attention, and as soon as he possibly could he held a consultation with their Commander, who was an old and experienced warrior. **Who acts:** Prince, counsel, orders, consultation, strong reinforcement · **What happens:** make, receive, send, post, attract, hold · **To what, where:** plans, private intelligence, orders, attention, consultation, old warrior This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, counsel, orders, consultation), 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:pg7277:17:10 # text = The Prince was all the while secretly making plans for the next campaign; he received private intelligence of the arrival of a strong reinforcement of Spaniels, to whom he sent orders to post themselves along the frontier without attracting attention, and as soon as he possibly could he held a consultation with their Commander, who was an old and experienced warrior. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 campaign campaign NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 reinforcement reinforcement NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Spaniels Spaniels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 post post VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 along along ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 frontier frontier NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 attracting attract VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 42 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 Commander Commander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 61 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 62 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 experienced experienced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ _ 65 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | the Prince | plans | | | | for the next campaign; secretly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent plan=Product for campaign=Asset | | 2 | **receive** | past | counsel | private intelligence of the arrival of a strong reinforcement of Spaniels | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intelligence=Theme | | 3 | **send** | past | counsel | orders | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **post** | to-infinitive | orders *not said here* | orders *= order* | | | | along the frontier | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 5 | **attract** | gerund | orders *not said here* | attention | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 6 | **hold** | could | counsel | a consultation and a old warrior | | | | with Princes's Commander; possibly, soon *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consultation=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | a consultation and a old warrior | a old warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **arrive** | | a strong reinforcement of Spaniels | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **reinforce** | | | Spaniels | | | | | nom reinforcement «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/11/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)