--- title: The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince Hyacinth, who, in… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince Hyacinth, who, in his anxiety to see the Princess, had gone three leagues to meet her was just advancing to kiss her hand when, to the horror of all who stood by, the enchanter appeared as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and, snatching up the Dear --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/32/) [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/) / [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Pr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/) / 32 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 32 The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince Hyacinth, who, in his anxiety to see the Princess, had gone three leagues to meet her was just advancing to kiss her hand when, to the horror of all who stood by, the enchanter appeared as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and, snatching up the Dear Little Princess, whirled her away out of their sight! **Who acts:** King, princess, horror, enchanter, Dear Little Princess, lightning · **What happens:** give, see, go, meet, advance, kiss · **To what, where:** consent, Princess, three leagues, hand, Cleopatra, sight 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 (King, princess, horror, enchanter), 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:pg503:3:32 # text = The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince Hyacinth, who, in his anxiety to see the Princess, had gone three leagues to meet her was just advancing to kiss her hand when, to the horror of all who stood by, the enchanter appeared as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and, snatching up the Dear Little Princess, whirled her away out of their sight! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Hyacinth Hyacinth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 advancing advance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nmod _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 snatching snatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 70 advcl _ _ 64 up up ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 whirled whirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 71 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 away away ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 73 out out ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the King and princess's father | king's consent | | | | Prince Hyacinth *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the King and princess's father *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | the King and princess's father *not said here* | three leagues | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location league=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the King and princess's father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **advance** | past · progressive | princess | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **kiss** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess's hand | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 7 | **stand by** | past | the horror of all | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **appear** | past | the enchanter | | | | | as a flash of lightning; suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **snatch up** | gerund | the Dear Little Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **whirl away** | past | the Dear Little Princess | Cleopatra | | hands's sight | | away *property* | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out sight=Destination | | 11 | **consent** | | king | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **flash** | | lightning | | | | | | nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 13 | **sight** | | hands *= hand* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/33/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)