--- title: And he added that he was a prince enchanted by a powerful giant, but… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he added that he was a prince enchanted by a powerful giant, but was only allowed to take his own shape at night, for all day he was forced to appear as the lion whom she had so often helped; and, more than this, it was the giant who had stolen the oxen and the asses and the pigs in revenge for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/) / 56 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 56 And he added that he was a prince enchanted by a powerful giant, but was only allowed to take his own shape at night, for all day he was forced to appear as the lion whom she had so often helped; and, more than this, it was the giant who had stolen the oxen and the asses and the pigs in revenge for her kindness. **Who acts:** man, day, Lion, more · **What happens:** add, be, enchant, allow, take, force · **To what, where:** prince, own shape, man, lion, oxen, revenge · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, day, Lion, more), 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:pg5615:21:56 # text = And he added that he was a prince enchanted by a powerful giant, but was only allowed to take his own shape at night, for all day he was forced to appear as the lion whom she had so often helped; and, more than this, it was the giant who had stolen the oxen and the asses and the pigs in revenge for her kindness. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 often often ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 54 nsubj _ _ 48 than than ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 55 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | man | a prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enchant** | participle | | a prince *not said here* | | | | by a powerful giant | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man's own shape | | | day; night | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | | 6 | **force** | past · passive | all day *not said here* | man | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **appear** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | as the lion | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | Lion | the lion | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **help** | participle | the lion *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | more | | | | | giant *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **steal** | past · perfect | | the oxen and the asses and the pigs | | revenge | | for Lion's kindness | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ox=Theme for kindness=Beneficiary | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/57/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)