--- title: Various princesses were proposed to him, and the fairy, who was anxi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Various princesses were proposed to him, and the fairy, who was anxious to get the affair over before she left the Court for ever, gave it as her opinion that the Princess Diaphana would make the most suitable wife. Who acts: fairy, Princess Diaphana. 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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 (fairy, Princess Diaphana), 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:pg5615:29:114 # text = Various princesses were proposed to him, and the fairy, who was anxious to get the affair over before she left the Court for ever, gave it as her opinion that the Princess Diaphana would make the most suitable wife. 1 Various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Diaphana Diaphana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 41 suitable suitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | past · passive | | Various princesses | king | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | the fairy | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get over** | to-infinitive | the fairy *not said here* | the affair | | | | over *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer affair=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past | fairy | the Court | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Theme for ever=Recipient | | 5 | **give** | past | fairy *not said here* | Court | | | | as fairy's opinion | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **make** | would | the Princess Diaphana | the suitable wife | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Product | | 7 | **opine** | | fairy | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/115/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)