--- title: At last he got tired of being constantly reminded, and wanted to be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last he got tired of being constantly reminded, and wanted to be able to do as he liked, so he threw his ring aside, and thought himself the happiest of men to have got rid of its teasing pricks. Who acts: prince. 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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), 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:pg503:39:55 # text = At last he got tired of being constantly reminded, and wanted to be able to do as he liked, so he threw his ring aside, and thought himself the happiest of men to have got rid of its teasing pricks. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 reminded remind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 aside aside ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 38 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 39 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 pricks prick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | prince | | | last | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **remind** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | prince *not said here* | | | | | constantly *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 3 | **want** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** | past | prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **throw** | past | prince | prince's ring | | | | aside *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | prince *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive · perfect | | the happiest of men | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/56/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)