--- title: Now the prince had pretended to be ill in order to soften his parent… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the prince had pretended to be ill in order to soften his parent’s hearts, and the next day he declared he felt better, and, getting into his litter, was carried to the palace in state, drums being beaten all along the road. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg3454:21:28 # text = Now the prince had pretended to be ill in order to soften his parent’s hearts, and the next day he declared he felt better, and, getting into his litter, was carried to the palace in state, drums being beaten all along the road. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 soften soften VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 getting get AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 46 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 along along ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | order | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **soften** | to-infinitive | | king's parent's hearts | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | day | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past | king | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **carry** | gerund · passive | king *not said here* | | | the palace in state | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to palace=Destination | | 7 | **beat** | gerund · passive | | drums | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient road=Result | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/29/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/)