--- title: The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself; their discourse was not well connected, they did weep more than talk--little eloquence, a great deal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 65 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 65 The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself; their discourse was not well connected, they did weep more than talk--little eloquence, a great deal of love. **Who acts:** Prince, words · **What happens:** charm, speak, not know, show, assure, love · **To what, where:** Prince, words, manner, joy, end, better · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, words), 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:pg503:10:65 # text = The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself; their discourse was not well connected, they did weep more than talk--little eloquence, a great deal of love. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 appos _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 obj _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 54 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 56 advmod _ _ 55 than than ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 -- -- PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 eloquence eloquence NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | participle | | the Prince *not said here* | | | | with this words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | | words *= word* | | the manner | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | | Prince's joy and gratitude | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient | | 5 | **assure** | past | Prince | | end | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **love** | past | Prince | end's better | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | past | Prince | Prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **connect** | past · passive | | words's discourse | | | | well *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **weep** | past · do-support | words *= word* | talk | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent talk=Theme | | 10 | **joy** | | Prince | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **discourse** | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **deal** | | | love | | | | | nom deal «act 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/66/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)