--- title: After what seemed to him a very long time, he found himself all alon… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After what seemed to him a very long time, he found himself all alone in a vast forest, so dark and gloomy that he secretly shuddered; however, he chose the most promising looking path he could find, and marched along it courageously at his best speed, but in spite of all his efforts, night fell bef --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/26/) [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/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 26 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 26 After what seemed to him a very long time, he found himself all alone in a vast forest, so dark and gloomy that he secretly shuddered; however, he chose the most promising looking path he could find, and marched along it courageously at his best speed, but in spite of all his efforts, night fell before he reached the edge of the wood. **Who acts:** Prince, night · **What happens:** seem, find, shudder, choose, promise, look · **To what, where:** Prince, vast forest, path, best speed, spite, edge This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, night), 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:pg7277:36:26 # text = After what seemed to him a very long time, he found himself all alone in a vast forest, so dark and gloomy that he secretly shuddered; however, he chose the most promising looking path he could find, and marched along it courageously at his best speed, but in spite of all his efforts, night fell before he reached the edge of the wood. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 alone alone ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 shuddered shudder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 however however ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 36 advmod _ _ 36 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 marched march VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 45 along along ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 courageously courageously ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 amod _ _ 51 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 61 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 63 before before SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | | | Prince | | time | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Prince | Prince | | a vast forest | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 3 | **shudder** | past | Prince | | | | | secretly *property* | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **choose** | past | Prince | | | | | however *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **look** *not said to happen* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | path | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Attribute | | 7 | **find** | could | Prince | path *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic | | 8 | **march** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | Prince's best speed | | along path; courageously *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along it=Trajectory | | 9 | **fall** | past | night | | | spite of Prince's efforts | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in spite=Location | | 10 | **reach** | past | Prince | the edge of the wood | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent edge=Theme | | 11 | **spite** | | | Prince's efforts | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/27/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)