--- title: But the young prince did not take any notice of her while she stood… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the young prince did not take any notice of her while she stood by the board, for he knew that this girl was the enemy of Ireland, and he could not bring himself even to look at her. Who acts: young prince, Becuma, prince, girl. 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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 (young prince, Becuma, prince, girl), 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:pg2892:69:18 # text = But the young prince did not take any notice of her while she stood by the board, for he knew that this girl was the enemy of Ireland, and he could not bring himself even to look at her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | the young prince | any notice of Becuma | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | Becuma | | | | | by the board | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by board=Location | | 3 | **know** | past | prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | this girl | the enemy | | | | of Ireland | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **bring** | could | prince | prince | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at Becuma | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 7 | **notice** | | | Becuma | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/)