--- title: Prince Darling, who saw what was going on, at first felt quite pleas… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Darling, who saw what was going on, at first felt quite pleased to think that he should be delivered from his persecutor, but soon thought better of it and wished that he were free. Who acts: Prince Darling, Darling. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling, with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/117/) [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 Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 117 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 117 Prince Darling, who saw what was going on, at first felt quite pleased to think that he should be delivered from his persecutor, but soon thought better of it and wished that he were free. **Who acts:** Prince Darling, Darling · **What happens:** see, go on, feel, think, deliver, wish · **To what, where:** Darling, persecutor · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Prince Darling, Darling), 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:pg503:39:117 # text = Prince Darling, who saw what was going on, at first felt quite pleased to think that he should be delivered from his persecutor, but soon thought better of it and wished that he were free. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 at at SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 advmod _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 persecutor persecutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 xcomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Prince Darling | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **feel** | past | Prince Darling *not said here* | | | | | first, pleased *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Prince Darling *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **deliver** | should · passive | | Darling | | Darling's persecutor | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from persecutor=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | good, soon *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wish** | past | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** | past | Darling | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/118/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)