--- title: This sight revived his drooping spirits, and he made sure that he wa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This sight revived his drooping spirits, and he made sure that he was now close to the shelter and supper he needed so much, but the more he walked towards the light the further away it seemed; sometimes he even lost sight of it altogether, and you may imagine how provoked and impatient he was by th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/28/) [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/) / 28 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 28 This sight revived his drooping spirits, and he made sure that he was now close to the shelter and supper he needed so much, but the more he walked towards the light the further away it seemed; sometimes he even lost sight of it altogether, and you may imagine how provoked and impatient he was by the time he finally arrived at the miserable cottage from which the light proceeded. **Who acts:** sight, Prince, it, you, light · **What happens:** revive, droop, make, be, need, walk · **To what, where:** drooping spirits, shelter, light, sight, time, miserable cottage 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 (sight, Prince, it, you), 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:pg7277:36:28 # text = This sight revived his drooping spirits, and he made sure that he was now close to the shelter and supper he needed so much, but the more he walked towards the light the further away it seemed; sometimes he even lost sight of it altogether, and you may imagine how provoked and impatient he was by the time he finally arrived at the miserable cottage from which the light proceeded. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 drooping droop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 45 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 54 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 55 provoked provoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 advcl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 ccomp _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 finally finally ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 74 obl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revive** | past | this sight | Prince's drooping spirits | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | | 2 | **droop** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | Prince | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | now | to the shelter and supper; close *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **need** | past | Prince | the shelter and supper *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shelter=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | past | Prince | | | the light | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards light=Destination | | 7 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | far *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **lose** | past | Prince | sight of light | | | | altogether, sometimes *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 9 | **imagine** | may | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **provoke** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | by the time | | tree rules | | 12 | **arrive** | past | Prince | the time *not said here* | | the miserable cottage | | finally *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **proceed** | past | the light | | | the miserable cottage | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **sight** | | | light | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/29/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)