--- title: They are rich in romantic adventure, and the Princes always marry th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They are rich in romantic adventure, and the Princes always marry the right Princesses and live happy ever afterwards; while the wicked witches, stepmothers, tutors and governesses are never cruelly punished, but retire to the country on ample pensions. Who acts: guardians, Princes. 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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 (guardians, Princes), 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:pg3454:1:19 # text = They are rich in romantic adventure, and the Princes always marry the right Princesses and live happy ever afterwards; while the wicked witches, stepmothers, tutors and governesses are never cruelly punished, but retire to the country on ample pensions. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princes Prince PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 stepmothers stepmother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 tutors tutor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 governesses governess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 cruelly cruelly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 retire retire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 ample ample ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 pensions pension NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | guardians *= guardian* | | | romantic adventure | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | infinitive | the Princes | the right Princesses | | | | always *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 3 | **live** | present | the Princes *not said here* | | | | | afterwards, happy *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **punish** | present · passive | | the wicked witches and stepmothers and tutors and governesses | | | | cruelly *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **retire** | infinitive | | | | ample pensions | | to the country | vn resign-10.11-1 «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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/20/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)