--- title: The Prince was so happy that he did not trouble himself at all about… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was so happy that he did not trouble himself at all about the time, but presently the White Cat told him that the year was gone, and that he need not be at all anxious about the piece of muslin, as they had made it very well. Who acts: Prince, son, White Cat, year. 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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, son, White Cat, year), 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:pg503:24:9 # text = The Prince was so happy that he did not trouble himself at all about the time, but presently the White Cat told him that the year was gone, and that he need not be at all anxious about the piece of muslin, as they had made it very well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 presently presently ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Cat Cat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 34 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 obl _ _ 39 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 muslin muslin NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | son | trouble son | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the White Cat | | son | | | presently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | the year | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | son | | | all | | about the piece of muslin; anxious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect | Prince | trouble | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/10/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)