--- title: The sight of the latter made the Prince feel as if he could not enjo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sight of the latter made the Prince feel as if he could not enjoy his supper at all; but the White Cat, seeing this, assured him that the dishes intended for him were prepared in a separate kitchen, and he might be quite certain that they contained neither rats nor mice; and the Prince felt so s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/44/) [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 White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/) / 44 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 44 The sight of the latter made the Prince feel as if he could not enjoy his supper at all; but the White Cat, seeing this, assured him that the dishes intended for him were prepared in a separate kitchen, and he might be quite certain that they contained neither rats nor mice; and the Prince felt so sure that she would not deceive him that he had no more hesitation in beginning. **Who acts:** sight, Prince, dishes, mother · **What happens:** make, feel, not enjoy, see, assure, intend · **To what, where:** Prince, supper, all, this, sight, dishes This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sight, Prince, dishes, mother), 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:pg503:23:44 # text = The sight of the latter made the Prince feel as if he could not enjoy his supper at all; but the White Cat, seeing this, assured him that the dishes intended for him were prepared in a separate kitchen, and he might be quite certain that they contained neither rats nor mice; and the Prince felt so sure that she would not deceive him that he had no more hesitation in beginning. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 latter latter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 48 quite quite ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 54 cc:preconj _ _ 54 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 56 cc _ _ 56 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 73 no no ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 74 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 75 amod _ _ 75 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the sight of the latter | the Prince | | | | the White Cat *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **enjoy** | could | sight | sight's supper | | all | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer supper=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the sight of the latter *not said here* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 5 | **assure** | past | | | sight | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **intend** | participle | | the dishes *not said here* | | | | for sight | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prepare** | past · passive | | the dishes | | a separate kitchen | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **is** | might | sight | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **contain** | past | dishes *= dish* | rats nor mice | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rat=Theme | | 10 | **feel** | past | the Prince | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **not** **deceive** | would | mother | sight | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 12 | **have** | past | sight | more hesitation | | | in beginning | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hesitation=Patient | | 13 | **sight** | | | the latter | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/45/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)