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title: When this was over the slaves escorted him to the outer gate, and to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When this was over the slaves escorted him to the outer gate, and took leave of him with every mark of esteem and politeness, to which it is to be feared he responded but indifferently, since the gate was no sooner opened than he took to his heels, and fled away with all his might, his one idea bein
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 10

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When this was over the slaves escorted him to the outer gate, and took leave of him with every mark of esteem and politeness, to which it is to be feared he responded but indifferently, since the gate was no sooner opened than he took to his heels, and fled away with all his might, his one idea being to put as much space as possible between himself and the dreary place into which he had ventured so rashly, just to consult a tedious Oracle who after all had told him nothing.

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**Who acts:** this, slaves, Prince · **What happens:** be, escort, take, fear, respond, open · **To what, where:** slaves, Prince, outer gate, leave, much space, dreary place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, slaves, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:37:10
# text = When this was over the slaves escorted him to the outer gate, and took leave of him with every mark of esteem and politeness, to which it is to be feared he responded but indifferently, since the gate was no sooner opened than he took to his heels, and fled away with all his might, his one idea being to put as much space as possible between himself and the dreary place into which he had ventured so rashly, just to consult a tedious Oracle who after all had told him nothing.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	escorted	escort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	politeness	politeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obl	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	feared	fear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	responded	respond	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	indifferently	indifferently	ADV	RB	_	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	since	since	ADP	IN	_	15	advmod	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	41	nmod	_	_
44	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	45	advmod	_	_
45	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
46	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
55	away	away	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
57	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	63	det:predet	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
59	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
62	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	63	nummod	_	_
63	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
64	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	54	advcl	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	xcomp	_	_
67	as	as	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
70	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
71	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	advcl	_	_
72	between	between	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	71	obl	_	_
74	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
76	dreary	dreary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	conj	_	_
78	into	into	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	82	obl	_	_
80	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
81	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	ventured	venture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	77	acl:relcl	_	_
83	so	so	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
84	rashly	rashly	ADV	RB	_	82	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
86	just	just	ADV	RB	_	88	advmod	_	_
87	to	to	PART	TO	_	88	mark	_	_
88	consult	consult	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	82	parataxis	_	_
89	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
90	tedious	tedious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
91	Oracle	Oracle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	88	obj	_	_
92	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	96	nsubj	_	_
93	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	96	mark	_	_
94	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	96	nsubj:pass	_	_
95	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	96	aux	_	_
96	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	88	parataxis	_	_
97	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	96	iobj	_	_
98	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	96	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | this |  |  | the slaves |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **escort** | past | the slaves | Prince |  | the outer gate |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to gate=Destination |
| 3 | **take** | past | the slaves *not said here* | leave of Prince |  |  |  | with every mark of esteem and politeness | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |
| 4 | **fear** | present · passive |  | leave |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **respond** *speech: other* | past | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **open** | past |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **take** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  | to Prince's heels *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result |
| 8 | **flee away** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with Prince's one idea; away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **put** | to-infinitive |  | much space |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent space=Goal |
| 10 | **venture** | past · perfect | Prince |  |  | the dreary place |  | rashly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **consult** | to-infinitive |  | a tedious Oracle |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=Theme |
| 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | nothing | Prince |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **mark** |  |  | esteem |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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