--- title: The Prince and the Fairy (for that was who she was) had no sooner lo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince and the Fairy (for that was who she was) had no sooner looked at one another than they went into fits of laughter, and cried at the same moment, “Oh, what a funny nose!” Who acts: that, Prince, spectacles. 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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 (that, Prince, spectacles), 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:pg503:3:37 # text = The Prince and the Fairy (for that was who she was) had no sooner looked at one another than they went into fits of laughter, and cried at the same moment, “Oh, what a funny nose!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 20 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 19 fixed _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 fits fit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the Prince and the Fairy | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | the Prince and the Fairy *not said here* | | | | | at one; soon *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at one=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | spectacles *= spectacle* | | | fits of laughter | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into fit=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Prince and the Fairy *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/38/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)