--- title: But this was quite useless, for spring as far as he might from the v… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But this was quite useless, for spring as far as he might from the vessel, it was always under his feet again before he reached the water, and he had to resign himself to his fate, and wait with what patience he could muster until the winds and waves carried the ship into a kind of natural harbour w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/) / 25 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 25 But this was quite useless, for spring as far as he might from the vessel, it was always under his feet again before he reached the water, and he had to resign himself to his fate, and wait with what patience he could muster until the winds and waves carried the ship into a kind of natural harbour which ran far into the land. **Who acts:** this, vessel, Prince, patience, winds, natural harbour · **What happens:** be, reach, have, resign, wait, muster · **To what, where:** feet, water, Prince, fate, ship, kind 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, vessel, Prince, patience), 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:pg7277:37:25 # text = But this was quite useless, for spring as far as he might from the vessel, it was always under his feet again before he reached the water, and he had to resign himself to his fate, and wait with what patience he could muster until the winds and waves carried the ship into a kind of natural harbour which ran far into the land. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 43 with with SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 45 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 muster muster VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 49 until until SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 54 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ _ 66 into into ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | | again | useless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | vessel | | | Prince's feet | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | past | Prince | the water | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **resign** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | Prince's fate | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to fate=Recipient | | 6 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **muster** | could | patience | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **carry** | past | the winds and waves | the ship | | a kind of natural harbour | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | | 9 | **run** | past | natural harbour | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **fate** | | Prince | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/26/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)