--- title: When he on his part told her that he was the prince of Dilaram, the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he on his part told her that he was the prince of Dilaram, the astonishment of the young people was unbounded to find that they, who had been betrothed without ever having seen one another, should have actually met for the first time in such strange circumstances. 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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, astonishment), 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:pg3454:5:2 # text = When he on his part told her that he was the prince of Dilaram, the astonishment of the young people was unbounded to find that they, who had been betrothed without ever having seen one another, should have actually met for the first time in such strange circumstances. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Dilaram Dilaram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 unbounded unbounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 csubj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 33 without without SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 advmod _ _ 35 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 aux _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 38 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 37 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 42 actually actually ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 amod _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | prince | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the astonishment of the young people | | | | | of Dilaram; unbounded *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **betroth** | past · perfect · passive | | people | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **see** | gerund · perfect | | one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 7 | **meet** | should · perfect | | | | | time | actually *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **astonish** | | | the young people | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling 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 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/3/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)