--- title: Unhappily, the hermit was not really as holy as he seemed; for no so… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Unhappily, the hermit was not really as holy as he seemed; for no sooner did he see the princess than he fell in love with her wonderful beauty, and began to plot in his heart how he could win her for his wife. Who acts: hermit, rajah. 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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 (hermit, rajah), 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:pg3454:4:45 # text = Unhappily, the hermit was not really as holy as he seemed; for no sooner did he see the princess than he fell in love with her wonderful beauty, and began to plot in his heart how he could win her for his wife. 1 Unhappily unhappily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 than than SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 plot plot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the hermit | | | | | holy, unhappily *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | rajah | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · do-support | rajah | the princess | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 4 | **fall** | past | rajah | | | love | | with princess's wonderful beauty | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | rajah *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **plot** | to-infinitive | rajah *not said here* | | | rajah's heart | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in heart=Destination | | 7 | **win** | could | rajah | princess | | | | for rajah's wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/46/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)