--- title: Without a moment’s hesitation the Prince thrust his sword through th… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Without a moment’s hesitation the Prince thrust his sword through the heart of the boy, and taking the goblet in his hand, he carried it upstairs to the Princess, being very careful on the way not to allow a single drop to be spilt. Who acts: thrust, moment. 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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 (thrust, moment), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:17:111 # text = Without a moment’s hesitation the Prince thrust his sword through the heart of the boy, and taking the goblet in his hand, he carried it upstairs to the Princess, being very careful on the way not to allow a single drop to be spilt. 1 Without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 spilt spilt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | thrust *not said here* | the goblet | | thrust's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent goblet=Value in hand=Location | | 2 | **carry** | past | thrust | goblet | the Princess | | | upstairs *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to princess=Destination | | 3 | **is** | gerund | thrust *not said here* | | | the way | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **allow** | to-infinitive | thrust *not said here* | a single drop | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Beneficiary | | 5 | **spilt** | to-infinitive · passive | thrust *not said here* | a single drop *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hesitate** | | a moment | | | | | | nom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/112/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)