--- title: No one was allowed to come near him whose nose did not more or less… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No one was allowed to come near him whose nose did not more or less resemble his own, and the courtiers, to get into favor with the Queen, took to pulling their babies’ noses several times every day to make them grow long. Who acts: one, nose, ladies. 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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 (one, nose, ladies), 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:pg503:3:23 # text = No one was allowed to come near him whose nose did not more or less resemble his own, and the courtiers, to get into favor with the Queen, took to pulling their babies’ noses several times every day to make them grow long. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 resemble resemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl:relcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 39 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | past · passive | | no one | | | | the courtiers *obl* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | near Prince | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | | 3 | **not** **resemble** | past · do-support | nose | Prince's own | | | | less *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | favor with the Queen | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into favor=Destination | | 5 | **take** | past | | | | | day; time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pull** | gerund | | ladies's babies's noses | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | | ladies *= lady* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **grow** | infinitive | ladies *= lady* *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/24/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)