--- title: He had really been present, invisible, at the council of princesses,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had really been present, invisible, at the council of princesses, and had heard all; but he had made up his mind to drink of the philtre, and sacrifice himself to the happiness of her he loved. Who acts: Gazer. 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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 (Gazer), 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:pg540:2:159 # text = He had really been present, invisible, at the council of princesses, and had heard all; but he had made up his mind to drink of the philtre, and sacrifice himself to the happiness of her he loved. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 philtre philtre NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Gazer | | | the council of princesses | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | Gazer *not said here* | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Gazer *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | Gazer *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **make up** | past · perfect | Gazer | Gazer's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Gazer *not said here* | | | | | of the philtre | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of philtre=Source | | 7 | **sacrifice** | infinitive | Gazer *not said here* | Gazer | the happiness | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to happiness=Recipient | | 8 | **love** | past | Gazer | the happiness *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus | | 9 | **mind** | | Gazer | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/158/) - next →: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/160/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)