--- title: When he saw the Prince so downcast he asked what was the matter, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw the Prince so downcast he asked what was the matter, and when he explained that he could not bear Celia’s bad opinion of him, and was resolved to be a better man in order to please her, this evil adviser said to him: Who acts: prince, evil adviser, Celia. 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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, evil adviser, Celia), 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:pg503:39:66 # text = When he saw the Prince so downcast he asked what was the matter, and when he explained that he could not bear Celia’s bad opinion of him, and was resolved to be a better man in order to please her, this evil adviser said to him: 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 downcast downcast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 Celia Celia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 adviser adviser NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | prince | the Prince | | | | downcast *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | prince | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **bear** | could | prince | Celia's bad opinion of matter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient | | 5 | **resolve** | past · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a better man | | order | | | tree rules | | 7 | **please** | to-infinitive | | Celia | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this evil adviser | | prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 9 | **opine** | | Celia | matter | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/67/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)