--- title: The ambassador, finding that there was no hope of his being allowed… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ambassador, finding that there was no hope of his being allowed to see the princess, took his leave, and returned to his own court; but here a new difficulty appeared. Who acts: ambassador, hope, new difficulty. 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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, hope, new difficulty), 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:pg3027:23:5 # text = The ambassador, finding that there was no hope of his being allowed to see the princess, took his leave, and returned to his own court; but here a new difficulty appeared. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ambassador ambassador NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | the ambassador *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | no hope | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | gerund · passive | no hope *not said here* | hope | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | hope *not said here* | the princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** | past | the ambassador | hope's leave | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 6 | **return** | past | the ambassador *not said here* | | | | | to hope's own court *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to court=Result | | 7 | **appear** | past | a new difficulty | | | here | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)