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title: These words went to Prince Darling’s heart; he realized the true aff… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: These words went to Prince Darling’s heart; he realized the true affection and faithfulness of his old tutor, and for the first time reproached himself for all his evil deeds; at the same instant he felt all his anger melting away, and he began quickly to think over his past life, and to admit that 
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 112

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These words went to Prince Darling’s heart; he realized the true affection and faithfulness of his old tutor, and for the first time reproached himself for all his evil deeds; at the same instant he felt all his anger melting away, and he began quickly to think over his past life, and to admit that his punishment was not more than he had deserved.

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**Who acts:** words, word, Darling, anger, punishment · **What happens:** go, realize, reproach, feel, melt away, begin · **To what, where:** heart, true affection, Darling, anger, same instant, past life

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, word, Darling, anger), 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:pg503:39:112
# text = These words went to Prince Darling’s heart; he realized the true affection and faithfulness of his old tutor, and for the first time reproached himself for all his evil deeds; at the same instant he felt all his anger melting away, and he began quickly to think over his past life, and to admit that his punishment was not more than he had deserved.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’s	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	realized	realize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	faithfulness	faithfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	tutor	tutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	26	amod	_	_
26	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
27	reproached	reproach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
28	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obj	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
41	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	43	det:predet	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
44	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	acl	_	_
45	away	away	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
50	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
53	over	over	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
55	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
61	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nsubj	_	_
64	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
65	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	66	advmod	_	_
66	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	60	obj	_	_
67	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
69	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	66	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | this words |  |  | Prince Darling's heart |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heart=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **realize** | past | word | the true affection and faithfulness of Darling's old tutor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer affection=Stimulus |
| 3 | **reproach** | past | this words *not said here* | Darling |  |  | time | for Darling's evil deeds | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent himself=Theme for deed=Attribute |
| 4 | **feel** | past | Darling | Darling's anger |  | the same instant |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anger=Theme at instant=Location |
| 5 | **melt away** | gerund | Darling's anger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **begin** | past | Darling |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Darling *not said here* |  |  | Darling's past life |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Darling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **is** | past | Darling's punishment |  |  |  |  | more *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **deserve** | past · perfect | Darling |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **anger** |  | Darling |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **punish** |  | Darling |  |  |  |  |  | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=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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