--- title: The Prince guessed easily that he had fallen on a witch’s house, but… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince guessed easily that he had fallen on a witch’s house, but as by this time it was quite dark and he could go no further, and as moreover he was not at all afraid, he stepped in. Who acts: Prince, house. 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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 (Prince, house), 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:pg7277:47:9 # text = The Prince guessed easily that he had fallen on a witch’s house, but as by this time it was quite dark and he could go no further, and as moreover he was not at all afraid, he stepped in. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 easily easily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 quite quite ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 28 no no ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 39 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | the Prince | | | | | easily *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | past · perfect | Prince | | | a witch's house | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on house=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | house | | | | time | dark *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | could | Prince | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | Prince | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **step in** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/10/) - ↑ back to [The Riddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/)