--- title: The king did not move or answer her; so the prince, leaning on the a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king did not move or answer her; so the prince, leaning on the arm of Becasigue, approached a little closer to the false princess, hoping against hope that his eyes had deceived him. Who acts: king, prince, eyes. 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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 (king, prince, eyes), 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:pg3027:23:62 # text = The king did not move or answer her; so the prince, leaning on the arm of Becasigue, approached a little closer to the false princess, hoping against hope that his eyes had deceived him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 leaning lean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Becasigue Becasigue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 21 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** | past · do-support | the king | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 3 | **lean** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | the arm of Becasigue | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on arm=Location | | 4 | **approach** | past | the prince | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | against hope | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **deceive** | past · perfect | king's eyes | hope | | | | | tree rules | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)