--- title: 'He is really young and handsome,' said the princess to herself, hea… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'He is really young and handsome,' said the princess to herself, heaving a sigh of relief that it was not some dreadful old man who had healed her father; and while the king was announcing to his courtiers the wonderful cure that had been made, Diamantina was thinking that if Gilguerillo looked so w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/77/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/) / 77 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 38, sentence 77 'He is really young and handsome,' said the princess to herself, heaving a sigh of relief that it was not some dreadful old man who had healed her father; and while the king was announcing to his courtiers the wonderful cure that had been made, Diamantina was thinking that if Gilguerillo looked so well in his common dress, how much improved by the splendid garments of a king' son. **Who acts:** king, sigh, dreadful old man, Diamantina, Gilguerillo · **What happens:** be, say, heave, not be, heal, announce · **To what, where:** princess, sigh, dreadful old man, father, courtiers, wonderful cure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, sigh, dreadful old man, Diamantina), 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:pg3027:38:77 # text = 'He is really young and handsome,' said the princess to herself, heaving a sigh of relief that it was not some dreadful old man who had healed her father; and while the king was announcing to his courtiers the wonderful cure that had been made, Diamantina was thinking that if Gilguerillo looked so well in his common dress, how much improved by the splendid garments of a king' son. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 heaving heave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 26 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 announcing announce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 52 Diamantina Diamantina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 if if SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 Gilguerillo Gilguerillo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 59 so so ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 67 advmod _ _ 67 much much ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 improved improve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl:relcl _ _ 69 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ 77 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | king | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | the princess | princess | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Topic to herself=Recipient | | 4 | **heave** | gerund | king *not said here* | a sigh of relief | | | | | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | sigh | some dreadful old man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **heal** | past · perfect | some dreadful old man | princess's father | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 7 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the king | | king's courtiers | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to courtier=Recipient | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the wonderful cure | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Diamantina | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Gilguerillo | king's common dress | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dress=Attribute | | 11 | **improve** | participle | | | | | | by the splendid garments king son | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **sigh** | | | relief | | | | | nom sigh «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)