--- title: Though Placida’s kingdom was a large one; his horse had carried him… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Though Placida’s kingdom was a large one; his horse had carried him gallantly to the limit of it, but it could go no further, and the Prince was obliged to dismount and continue his journey on foot, though this slow mode of progress tired his patience severely. Who acts: kingdom, horse, Prince. 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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 (kingdom, horse, Prince), 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:pg7277:36:25 # text = Though Placida’s kingdom was a large one; his horse had carried him gallantly to the limit of it, but it could go no further, and the Prince was obliged to dismount and continue his journey on foot, though this slow mode of progress tired his patience severely. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 gallantly gallantly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 limit limit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 dismount dismount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 though though SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 severely severely ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Placida's kingdom | a large one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince's horse | | | | to the limit of kingdom; gallantly *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Value | | 3 | **go** | could | horse | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the Prince | | | | severely *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **dismount** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **continue** | infinitive | | Prince's journey | | foot | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 7 | **journey** | | Prince | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/26/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)