--- title: The prince was very angry at the flight of the white doe, for whom h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was very angry at the flight of the white doe, for whom he had taken so much trouble, and returning to the cottage he poured out his adventures and his wrath to Becasigue, who could not help smiling. Who acts: prince, doe. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, par --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/55/) [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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/) / 55 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 24, sentence 55 The prince was very angry at the flight of the white doe, for whom he had taken so much trouble, and returning to the cottage he poured out his adventures and his wrath to Becasigue, who could not help smiling. **Who acts:** prince, doe · **What happens:** be, take, return, pour out, not help, smile · **To what, where:** flight, much trouble, adventures, Becasigue This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, doe), 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:pg3027:24:55 # text = The prince was very angry at the flight of the white doe, for whom he had taken so much trouble, and returning to the cottage he poured out his adventures and his wrath to Becasigue, who could not help smiling. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 csubj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Becasigue Becasigue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 43 smiling smile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | the flight of the white doe | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect | doe | much trouble | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme for whom=Beneficiary | | 3 | **return** | gerund | | | | | | to the cottage *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cottage=Result | | 4 | **pour out** | past | doe | doe's adventures and doe's wrath | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Patient | | 5 | **not** **help** | could | | | Becasigue | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **adventure** | | doe | | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)