--- title: The Prince began to think that the best thing he could do would be t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince began to think that the best thing he could do would be to get as far away from the lake as he could, then at least he would not be continually reminded of his terrible ugliness. Who acts: Prince, best thing. 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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, best thing), 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:pg503:39:98 # text = The Prince began to think that the best thing he could do would be to get as far away from the lake as he could, then at least he would not be continually reminded of his terrible ugliness. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 continually continually ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 reminded remind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | could | prince | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | would | the best thing | | | | | away, get *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **remind** *speech: other* | would · passive | | prince | | least | then | of prince's terrible ugliness; continually *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of ugliness=Topic | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/99/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)