--- title: The Prince in his haste snatched it up so quickly that it went out,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince in his haste snatched it up so quickly that it went out, and it took him a long time to light it again with two little bits of glowing charcoal which he had to dig out from the pile of ashes upon the hearth. Who acts: Prince, haste, it, glowing charcoal. 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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 (Prince, haste, it, glowing charcoal), 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:pg7277:36:45 # text = The Prince in his haste snatched it up so quickly that it went out, and it took him a long time to light it again with two little bits of glowing charcoal which he had to dig out from the pile of ashes upon the hearth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snatch up** | past | the Prince in Prince's haste | haste | | | | quickly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **go out** | past | haste | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | it | | Prince | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **light** | to-infinitive | | haste | | | again | with two little bits of glowing charcoal | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product with bit=Material | | 5 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Prince | glowing charcoal | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **dig out** | to-infinitive | glowing charcoal *not said here* | | | the pile of ashes | | upon the hearth | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent upon hearth=Location | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/46/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)