--- title: The ambassador was greatly surprised and disappointed, but he knew t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ambassador was greatly surprised and disappointed, but he knew too much about fairies to venture to disobey them, therefore he had to content himself with presenting the prince's portrait to the queen, who lost no time in carrying it to the princess. Who acts: ambassador, spell, queen, time. 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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 (ambassador, spell, queen, time), 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:pg3027:22:94 # text = The ambassador was greatly surprised and disappointed, but he knew too much about fairies to venture to disobey them, therefore he had to content himself with presenting the prince's portrait to the queen, who lost no time in carrying it to the princess. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ambassador ambassador NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 disobey disobey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 content content VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 with with SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 presenting present VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the ambassador | | | | | greatly, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the ambassador *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | spell | much | | | | about fairies | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 4 | **venture** | to-infinitive | spell *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **disobey** | to-infinitive | spell *not said here* | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | spell | | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **content** | to-infinitive | spell *not said here* | spell | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 8 | **present** | gerund | spell *not said here* | the prince's portrait | the queen | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme to queen=Recipient | | 9 | **lose** | past | the queen | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **carry** | gerund | no time *not said here* | portrait | the princess | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to princess=Destination | | 11 | **portray** | | the prince | | | | | | nom portrait «communication 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)