--- title: The Prince thought all the rooms looked strangely old-fashioned, wit… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince thought all the rooms looked strangely old-fashioned, with their antique furniture, but as there was a good library he was pleased, for he was very fond of reading, and he soon got permission to have as many books as he liked. Who acts: Prince, rooms, good library. 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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, rooms, good library), 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:pg540:34:20 # text = The Prince thought all the rooms looked strangely old-fashioned, with their antique furniture, but as there was a good library he was pleased, for he was very fond of reading, and he soon got permission to have as many books as he liked. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 strangely strangely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 fashioned fashioned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 antique antique ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | all rooms | | | | | fashioned *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | a good library | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | prince | | | | | of reading; fond *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | prince | permission | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer permission=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | many books | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient | | 7 | **like** | past | prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/21/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)