--- title: The prince lost his temper, and said many insulting things to the ot… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince lost his temper, and said many insulting things to the other, who was playing against him, till at length the gentleman whom you see there struck him violently in the face, so that the blood ran from his mouth and nose. Who acts: prince, many insulting things, you, gentleman. 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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 (prince, many insulting things, you, gentleman), 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:pg3454:3:41 # text = The prince lost his temper, and said many insulting things to the other, who was playing against him, till at length the gentleman whom you see there struck him violently in the face, so that the blood ran from his mouth and nose. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 insulting insulting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 31 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 violently violently ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the prince | gentleman's temper | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | many insulting things | the other | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Topic to other=Recipient | | 3 | **play** | past · progressive | many insulting things | | | | | against gentleman | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | present | you | the gentleman | | there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **strike** | participle | the gentleman *not said here* | gentleman | | the face | | violently *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 6 | **run** | past | the blood | | | gentleman's mouth and nose | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mouth=Trajectory | | 7 | **temper** | | gentleman | | | | | | nom temper «feeling 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 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/42/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/)