--- title: In fact, the prince was so moved by her beauty and modest ways that… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In fact, the prince was so moved by her beauty and modest ways that he called up his wazirs and demanded to be married at once to this lovely lady who had so completely won his heart. Who acts: beauty, prince, lovely lady. 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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 (beauty, prince, lovely lady), 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:pg3454:5:3 # text = In fact, the prince was so moved by her beauty and modest ways that he called up his wazirs and demanded to be married at once to this lovely lady who had so completely won his heart. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wazirs wazir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 completely completely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 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 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | princess's beauty and modest ways | the prince | | fact | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result | | 2 | **call up** *speech: assert* | past | prince | prince's wazirs | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wazir=Recipient | | 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | prince *not said here* | | | | | to this lovely lady | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to lady=Co-Patient | | 5 | **have** | past | this lovely lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **win** | past | this lovely lady *not said here* | prince's heart | | | | completely *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/4/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)