--- title: The prince, though transported with joy at the thought that Desiree… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince, though transported with joy at the thought that Desiree was indeed to be his bride, was bitterly disappointed that she had not been allowed to return with Becasigue, as he had foolishly expected; and never having been taught to deny himself anything or to control his feelings, he fell as --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/) / 6 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 23, sentence 6 The prince, though transported with joy at the thought that Desiree was indeed to be his bride, was bitterly disappointed that she had not been allowed to return with Becasigue, as he had foolishly expected; and never having been taught to deny himself anything or to control his feelings, he fell as ill as he had done before. **Who acts:** Desiree, prince, ambassador · **What happens:** transport, be, not allow, return, expect, not teach · **To what, where:** prince, thought, bride, ambassador, Desiree, feelings This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Desiree, prince, ambassador), 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:pg3027:23:6 # text = The prince, though transported with joy at the thought that Desiree was indeed to be his bride, was bitterly disappointed that she had not been allowed to return with Becasigue, as he had foolishly expected; and never having been taught to deny himself anything or to control his feelings, he fell as ill as he had done before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 Desiree Desiree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 14 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Becasigue Becasigue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 foolishly foolishly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 42 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ _ 48 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 obj _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 control control VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 57 as as ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 63 before before ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transport** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | the thought | | with joy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | Desiree | Desiree's bride | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | bitterly, disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **allow** | past · perfect · passive | | ambassador | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ambassador *not said here* | | | | | with Becasigue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | Desiree | | | | foolishly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **not** **teach** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Topic | | 8 | **deny** | to-infinitive | | Desiree | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme anything=Eventuality | | 9 | **control** | to-infinitive | | Desiree's feelings | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme | | 10 | **fall** | past | Desiree | | | | | ill *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **do** | past · perfect | Desiree | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)