--- title: Silent from joy, the Prince kissed her hand to express his thanks, a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Silent from joy, the Prince kissed her hand to express his thanks, and when he rose and saw his new reflection in the mirrors which surrounded him, he understood that Curlicue was indeed gone for ever. Who acts: Silent joy, prince, Curlicue. 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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 (Silent joy, prince, Curlicue), 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:pg540:34:88 # text = Silent from joy, the Prince kissed her hand to express his thanks, and when he rose and saw his new reflection in the mirrors which surrounded him, he understood that Curlicue was indeed gone for ever. 1 Silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ 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 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 Curlicue Curlicue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | Silent joy | joy's hand | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 2 | **express** | to-infinitive | Silent joy *not said here* | prince's thanks | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 3 | **rise** | past | prince | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | prince *not said here* | prince's new reflection | | the mirrors | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus | | 5 | **surround** | participle · passive | | the mirrors | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **understand** | past | prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | Curlicue | | | | | go, indeed *property* | tree rules | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/89/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)