--- title: Very depressed by his dangerous and difficult task, the Prince left… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Very depressed by his dangerous and difficult task, the Prince left his gloomy prison; but, to his great joy, he met his friend the wolf before he had gone many miles on his journey. Who acts: Prince, emperor. 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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, emperor), 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:pg7277:52:54 # text = Very depressed by his dangerous and difficult task, the Prince left his gloomy prison; but, to his great joy, he met his friend the wolf before he had gone many miles on his journey. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 depressed depressed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the Prince | emperor's gloomy prison | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prison=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | emperor | emperor's friend | | | | to emperor's great joy | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | emperor | many miles | | emperor's journey | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mile=Theme | | 4 | **task** | | emperor | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **joy** | | emperor | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **journey** | | emperor | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/55/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)