--- title: Anyone but Prince Vivien would have been terrified by such an uncann… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Anyone but Prince Vivien would have been terrified by such an uncanny sight, but he strode stoutly forward till he reached the second gate, which was opened to him by sixty black slaves covered from head to foot in long mantles. Who acts: uncanny sight, Prince, sixty black slaves. 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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 (uncanny sight, Prince, sixty black slaves), 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:pg7277:36:72 # text = Anyone but Prince Vivien would have been terrified by such an uncanny sight, but he strode stoutly forward till he reached the second gate, which was opened to him by sixty black slaves covered from head to foot in long mantles. 1 Anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 terrified terrify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 uncanny uncanny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 stoutly stoutly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 till till SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 34 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 36 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 mantles mantle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terrify** | would · perfect · passive | such uncanny sight | Anyone | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **stride** | past | Prince | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | Prince | the second gate | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | | 4 | **open** | past · passive | sixty black slaves | the second gate | Prince | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to he=Recipient | | 5 | **cover** | participle | | sixty black slaves *not said here* | | head | | to foot; in long mantles | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mantle=Theme | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/73/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)