--- title: One of the Prince’s favorite companions was his foster-brother, whom… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One of the Prince’s favorite companions was his foster-brother, whom he trusted entirely; but he was not at all a good man, and gave Prince Darling very bad advice, and encouraged him in all his evil ways. Who acts: One, prince. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/65/) [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/) / 65 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 65 One of the Prince’s favorite companions was his foster-brother, whom he trusted entirely; but he was not at all a good man, and gave Prince Darling very bad advice, and encouraged him in all his evil ways. **Who acts:** One, prince · **What happens:** be, trust, not be, give, encourage · **To what, where:** foster brother, bad advice, Prince Darling, prince, evil ways 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 (One, 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:pg503:39:65 # text = One of the Prince’s favorite companions was his foster-brother, whom he trusted entirely; but he was not at all a good man, and gave Prince Darling very bad advice, and encouraged him in all his evil ways. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 encouraged encourage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | One of the Prince's favorite companions | prince's foster brother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | past | prince | prince's foster brother | | | | entirely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | prince | | | | | at all good man | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | past | prince *not said here* | bad advice | Prince Darling | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent darling=Recipient advice=Theme | | 5 | **encourage** | past | prince *not said here* | prince | | prince's evil ways | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/66/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)