--- title: She had hardly finished speaking before the Princess was rushing hea… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had hardly finished speaking before the Princess was rushing headlong out of the castle gate, and the Fairy after watching her till she was lost to sight, gave a little chuckle and went in search of the Prince, who begged her earnestly to send him back to the Black Castle, or to the paper boat i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/5/) [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/pg7277/39/) / 5 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4, sentence 5 She had hardly finished speaking before the Princess was rushing headlong out of the castle gate, and the Fairy after watching her till she was lost to sight, gave a little chuckle and went in search of the Prince, who begged her earnestly to send him back to the Black Castle, or to the paper boat if she would but save Placida’s life. **Who acts:** Chaffinch, Princess, Fairy · **What happens:** finish, speak, rush, watch, lose, give · **To what, where:** Fairy, Chaffinch, little chuckle, search, Prince, Black Castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chaffinch, Princess, Fairy), 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:pg7277:39:5 # text = She had hardly finished speaking before the Princess was rushing headlong out of the castle gate, and the Fairy after watching her till she was lost to sight, gave a little chuckle and went in search of the Prince, who begged her earnestly to send him back to the Black Castle, or to the paper boat if she would but save Placida’s life. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 21 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 chuckle chuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 66 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’s 's PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | Chaffinch | | | | | hardly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | Chaffinch *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rush** | past · progressive | the Princess | | | | | headlong *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **watch** | gerund | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | | Chaffinch | | | | to sight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** | past | the Fairy | a little chuckle | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chuckle=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | | Fairy | search of the Prince | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **send back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Prince | the Black Castle | | | to the paper boat; earnestly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination | | 10 | **save** | infinitive | | Placida's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 11 | **search** | | | the Prince | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/6/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/)