--- title: But wherever he came in his journeyings he thought the people were m… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But wherever he came in his journeyings he thought the people were mad, for they all talked of his nose, and yet he could not bring himself to admit that it was too long, he had been so used all his life to hear it called handsome. Who acts: Prince, people, nose. 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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 (Prince, people, nose), 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:pg503:3:96 # text = But wherever he came in his journeyings he thought the people were mad, for they all talked of his nose, and yet he could not bring himself to admit that it was too long, he had been so used all his life to hear it called handsome. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 journeyings journeying NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 18 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 yet yet ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 xcomp _ _ 50 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Prince | | | Prince's journeyings | | wherever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in journeying=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the people | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **talk** | past | people | | | | | of Prince's nose | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **bring** | could | Prince | Prince | | | yet | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | nose | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince | | | | Prince's life *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | nose | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **call** | participle | nose *not said here* | | | | | handsome *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **journey** | | Prince | | | | | | nom journeying «act 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/97/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)