--- title: Holding the Prince by the arms, not so much to do him honour as to r… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Holding the Prince by the arms, not so much to do him honour as to restrain his impatience, they proceeded by slow degrees up the steps of the Temple, and when they at last reached the top he thought his long waiting must be at an end. Who acts: arms, he, long waiting, his. 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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 (arms, he, long waiting, his), 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:pg7277:37:2 # text = Holding the Prince by the arms, not so much to do him honour as to restrain his impatience, they proceeded by slow degrees up the steps of the Temple, and when they at last reached the top he thought his long waiting must be at an end. 1 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 restrain restrain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 up up ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 at at SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 last last ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | arms *= arm* *not said here* | the Prince | | | | by the arms | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme by arm=Location | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 3 | **honour** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **restrain** | to-infinitive | | his impatience | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer impatience=Eventuality | | 5 | **proceed** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | | by slow degrees up the steps of the Temple | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **reach** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | | last *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | the top | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | must | his long waiting | | | | at a end | | tree rules | | 9 | **step** | | | the Temple | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **wait** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom waiting «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/3/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)