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title: Having been thoroughly well brought up at the court of King Gridelin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Having been thoroughly well brought up at the court of King Gridelin, of course he understood the art of navigation, but when once he had started, the current carried the vessel down at such a pace that before he knew where he was the Prince found himself out at sea, and a wind springing up behind h
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 18

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Having been thoroughly well brought up at the court of King Gridelin, of course he understood the art of navigation, but when once he had started, the current carried the vessel down at such a pace that before he knew where he was the Prince found himself out at sea, and a wind springing up behind him just at this moment soon drove him out of sight of land.

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**Who acts:** Prince, current, wind · **What happens:** bring up, understand, start, carry down, know, be · **To what, where:** court, art, vessel, pace, Prince, sea

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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 (Prince, current, wind), 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:pg7277:37:18
# text = Having been thoroughly well brought up at the court of King Gridelin, of course he understood the art of navigation, but when once he had started, the current carried the vessel down at such a pace that before he knew where he was the Prince found himself out at sea, and a wind springing up behind him just at this moment soon drove him out of sight of land.
1	Having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux	_	_
2	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Gridelin	Gridelin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADV	17	advmod	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	fixed	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	navigation	navigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	_
25	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	down	down	ADP	RP	_	32	compound:prt	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	39	det:predet	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
40	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obj	_	_
41	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
44	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	49	advmod	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
50	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obj	_	_
51	out	out	ADP	RP	_	49	compound:prt	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	_
58	springing	spring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
59	up	up	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	_
60	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obl	_	_
62	just	just	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
63	at	at	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	65	det	_	_
65	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	_
66	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	67	advmod	_	_
67	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
68	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	obj	_	_
69	out	out	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring up** | gerund · perfect · passive |  |  |  | the court of King Gridelin |  | thoroughly, well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» |
| 2 | **understand** | past | Prince | the art of navigation |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus |
| 3 | **start** | past · perfect | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **carry down** | past | the current | the vessel |  |  |  | at such pace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme |
| 5 | **know** | past | Prince | such pace |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 6 | **is a** | past | Prince | the Prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **find out** | past | the Prince | Prince |  | sea |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |
| 8 | **spring up** | gerund | a wind |  |  |  |  | behind Prince | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Location |
| 9 | **drive** | past | a wind *not said here* | Prince |  | sight of land | moment | soon *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out sight=Trajectory |
| 10 | **sight** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom sight «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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