--- title: They passed by the way armies of those who had set out upon the peri… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They passed by the way armies of those who had set out upon the perilous enterprise, who stood frozen stiffly, without sense or motion; but Prince Mannikin strictly forbade that any attempt should be made to thaw them. Who acts: Princes, perilous enterprise, Prince, attempt. 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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 (Princes, perilous enterprise, Prince, attempt), 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:pg7277:17:33 # text = They passed by the way armies of those who had set out upon the perilous enterprise, who stood frozen stiffly, without sense or motion; but Prince Mannikin strictly forbade that any attempt should be made to thaw them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 enterprise enterprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 21 stiffly stiffly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 without without ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 forbade forbid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 thaw thaw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | by the way armies of those | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by army=Location | | 2 | **set out** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | upon the perilous enterprise | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past | the perilous enterprise | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **freeze** | participle | the perilous enterprise *not said here* | | | | | without sense or motion; stiffly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **forbid** | past | Prince | | | | | strictly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** | should · passive | | any attempt | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **thaw** | to-infinitive | any attempt *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/34/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)