--- title: The prince was astonished, and said that he could not bring himself… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was astonished, and said that he could not bring himself to cut the had off his truest friend, and to this he stuck in spite of all the fox’s declarations that it was the greatest service he could do him. Who acts: prince, friend, 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, friend, 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:pg5615:15:66 # text = The prince was astonished, and said that he could not bring himself to cut the had off his truest friend, and to this he stuck in spite of all the fox’s declarations that it was the greatest service he could do him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 obj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 truest true ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 declarations declaration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **bring** | could | prince | prince | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **cut** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **have off** | participle | | prince's truest friend | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 6 | **stick** | past | prince | | | spite of all fox's declarations | | to this | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in spite=Destination | | 7 | **is a** | past | friend | the greatest service | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | could | prince | fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 9 | **spite** | | | all fox's declarations | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **declare** | | all fox | | | | | | nom declaration «communication 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/67/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)