--- title: Fanfaronade, being once more left with the Princess, began to think… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Fanfaronade, being once more left with the Princess, began to think that if he could get rid of her, and possess himself of the carbuncle and the dagger, he would be able to make his escape. Who acts: Fanfaronade. 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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 (Fanfaronade), 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:pg540:5:11 # text = Fanfaronade, being once more left with the Princess, began to think that if he could get rid of her, and possess himself of the carbuncle and the dagger, he would be able to make his escape. 1 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 carbuncle carbuncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | with the Princess; left, once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | Fanfaronade | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Fanfaronade *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Fanfaronade | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **possess** | infinitive | Fanfaronade *not said here* | Fanfaronade | | | | of the carbuncle and the dagger | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 6 | **is** | would | Fanfaronade | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Fanfaronade *not said here* | Fanfaronade's escape | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product | | 8 | **escape** | | Fanfaronade | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/12/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/)