--- title: Now, she was the daughter of a great king, and would some day posses… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, she was the daughter of a great king, and would some day possess several kingdoms herself; but Prince Hyacinth had not a thought to spare for anything of that sort, he was so much struck with her beauty. Who acts: Queen, Prince Hyacinth. 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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 (Queen, Prince Hyacinth), 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:pg503:3:28 # text = Now, she was the daughter of a great king, and would some day possess several kingdoms herself; but Prince Hyacinth had not a thought to spare for anything of that sort, he was so much struck with her beauty. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Hyacinth Hyacinth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 much much ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Queen | the daughter | | | now | of a great king | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | would | | several kingdoms Queen | | | day | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Prince Hyacinth | a thought | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 4 | **spare** | to-infinitive | Prince Hyacinth *not said here* | a thought *not said here* | | | | for anything | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strike** | past · passive | | Hyacinth | | | | with Queen's beauty | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with beauty=Instrument | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/29/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)