--- title: The prince was very pleased to see it again, and received with great… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was very pleased to see it again, and received with great meekness all its reproaches, as well as promised to be more obedient in the future, if the fox would only help him out of his fix. Who acts: prince, fox. 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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, fox), 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:pg5615:15:14 # text = The prince was very pleased to see it again, and received with great meekness all its reproaches, as well as promised to be more obedient in the future, if the fox would only help him out of his fix. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 meekness meekness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 reproaches reproach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 23 cc _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 fixed _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 23 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | sight | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **receive** | past | the prince *not said here* | sight's reproaches | | | | with great meekness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Theme | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the future | | obedient *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the fox | | prince | prince's fix | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **fix** | | prince | | | | | | nom fix «state 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/15/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)