--- title: But, not to mention the richness of the furniture, which was inestim… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, not to mention the richness of the furniture, which was inestimable, there was such a profuseness throughout that the Prince, instead of ever having seen anything like it, owned that he could not have imagined that there was anything in the world that could come up to it. 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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 (furniture, richness, anything), 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:pg503:51:2 # text = But, not to mention the richness of the furniture, which was inestimable, there was such a profuseness throughout that the Prince, instead of ever having seen anything like it, owned that he could not have imagined that there was anything in the world that could come up to it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 richness richness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 inestimable inestimable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 profuseness profuseness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 21 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 30 mark _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 29 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 31 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 obj _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 45 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 nsubj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the furniture | | | | | inestimable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | gerund · perfect | | anything | | | ever | like profuseness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **imagine** | could · perfect | richness | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come up** | could | | | | profuseness | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)