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title: The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, however, a little… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, however, a little saucy nose, which, in her face, was the prettiest thing possible, but it was a cause of great embarrassment to the courtiers, who had got into such a habit of laughing at little noses that they sometimes found themselves laughing a
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 29

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The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, however, a little saucy nose, which, in her face, was the prettiest thing possible, but it was a cause of great embarrassment to the courtiers, who had got into such a habit of laughing at little noses that they sometimes found themselves laughing at hers before they had time to think; but this did not do at all before the Prince, who quite failed to see the joke, and actually banished two of his courtiers who had dared to mention disrespectfully the Dear Little Princess’s tiny nose!

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**Who acts:** Hyacinth, Princess, nose, courtiers, habit, this · **What happens:** think, have, be, get, laugh, find · **To what, where:** Princess, little saucy nose, prettiest thing, cause, habit, little noses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hyacinth, Princess, nose, courtiers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:3:29
# text = The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, however, a little saucy nose, which, in her face, was the prettiest thing possible, but it was a cause of great embarrassment to the courtiers, who had got into such a habit of laughing at little noses that they sometimes found themselves laughing at hers before they had time to think; but this did not do at all before the Prince, who quite failed to see the joke, and actually banished two of his courtiers who had dared to mention disrespectfully the Dear Little Princess’s tiny nose!
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	charming	charming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	however	however	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	saucy	saucy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	28	amod	_	_
28	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
29	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	41	acl	_	_
46	into	into	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	49	det:predet	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
51	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	49	acl	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
56	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	58	advmod	_	_
58	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
59	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	58	obj	_	_
60	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	58	xcomp	_	_
61	at	at	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	obl	_	_
63	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	advcl	_	_
66	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
70	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
71	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	74	nsubj	_	_
72	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
73	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	74	advmod	_	_
74	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	parataxis	_	_
75	at	at	ADP	IN	_	76	fixed	_	_
76	all	all	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	74	advmod	_	_
77	before	before	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
81	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	83	nsubj	_	_
82	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	83	advmod	_	_
83	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	acl:relcl	_	_
84	to	to	PART	TO	_	85	mark	_	_
85	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	83	xcomp	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	91	punct	_	_
89	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	91	cc	_	_
90	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	91	advmod	_	_
91	banished	banish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	conj	_	_
92	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	95	nummod	_	_
93	of	of	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
94	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	95	nmod:poss	_	_
95	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	91	obj	_	_
96	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	98	nsubj	_	_
97	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	98	aux	_	_
98	dared	dare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	95	acl:relcl	_	_
99	to	to	PART	TO	_	100	mark	_	_
100	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	98	xcomp	_	_
101	disrespectfully	disrespectfully	ADV	RB	_	108	advmod	_	_
102	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	105	det	_	_
103	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	105	amod	_	_
104	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	105	amod	_	_
105	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	108	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	’s	's	PART	POS	_	105	case	_	_
107	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	108	amod	_	_
108	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Hyacinth | the Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past |  | a little saucy nose and princess's face |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the Princess | the prettiest thing but a cause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | past | nose | a cause |  |  |  | of great embarrassment to the courtiers | tree rules |
| 5 | **get** | past · perfect | the courtiers |  |  | such habit |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into habit=Destination |
| 6 | **laugh** | gerund | such habit *not said here* |  |  | little noses |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **find** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | courtiers *= courtier* |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent themselves=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 8 | **laugh** | gerund | courtiers *= courtier* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at princess | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **have** | past | courtiers *= courtier* |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | courtiers *= courtier* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | this |  |  |  | before the Prince | all *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **fail** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 13 | **not** **see** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the joke |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
| 14 | **banish** | past | the Prince *not said here* | Hyacinth's two courtiers |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtier=Theme |
| 15 | **dare** | past · perfect | Hyacinth's two courtiers |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 16 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Hyacinth's two courtiers *not said here* | the Dear Little Princess's tiny nose |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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