--- title: Then they went hand in hand to release all the prisoners in the cast… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went hand in hand to release all the prisoners in the castle, and all the Princes and Princesses who were in cages in the menagerie, for the instant the Green Giant was dead they had resumed their natural forms. Who acts: adventures, Princes, menagerie. 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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 (adventures, Princes, menagerie), 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:pg7277:38:92 # text = Then they went hand in hand to release all the prisoners in the castle, and all the Princes and Princesses who were in cages in the menagerie, for the instant the Green Giant was dead they had resumed their natural forms. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 release release VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 cages cage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 menagerie menagerie NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Green Green PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 resumed resume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | adventures *= adventure* | hand | | hand | then | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 2 | **release** | to-infinitive | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | all prisoners | | the castle | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer prisoner=Source | | 3 | **is** | past | all Princes and Princesses | | | the menagerie and the instant | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | the menagerie and the instant | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **resume** | past · perfect | adventures *= adventure* | adventures's natural forms | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality | | 6 | **form** | | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | | nom form «communication 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/93/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)