--- title: They hid themselves in the wood through which the Prince had to pass… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They hid themselves in the wood through which the Prince had to pass on his way to the palace, and there fell on him, and, having beaten him to death, they carried off the golden horse and the golden bird. Who acts: brothers, Prince, princes. 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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 (brothers, Prince, princes), 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:pg7277:52:92 # text = They hid themselves in the wood through which the Prince had to pass on his way to the palace, and there fell on him, and, having beaten him to death, they carried off the golden horse and the golden bird. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux _ _ 30 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 off off ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | brothers *= brother* | brothers *= brother* | | the wood | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in wood=Location | | 2 | **have** | past | the Prince | | | the wood | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass on** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | emperor's way | | the palace | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme to palace=Destination | | 4 | **fall** | past | | | | there | | on emperor | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 5 | **beat** | gerund · perfect | | emperor | death | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to death=Recipient | | 6 | **carry off** | past | princes *= prince* | the golden horse and the golden bird | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/93/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)