--- title: So now it was the Prince’s turn to set off in a vast hurry, only as… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So now it was the Prince’s turn to set off in a vast hurry, only as soon as he left the Castle he happened to go in exactly the opposite direction to the one Placida had taken. Who acts: Mole, Prince, one. 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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 (Mole, Prince, one), 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:pg7277:39:8 # text = So now it was the Prince’s turn to set off in a vast hurry, only as soon as he left the Castle he happened to go in exactly the opposite direction to the one Placida had taken. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 in in ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mole | the Prince's turn | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **set off** | to-infinitive | | | | a vast hurry | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | Prince | the Castle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past | Prince | the Castle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go in** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the opposite direction to the one | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | the one *not said here* | Placida | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/9/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/)