--- title: Now Minon-Minette had been kept informed by Aveline of the prince’s… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Minon-Minette had been kept informed by Aveline of the prince’s adventures, and when she heard of the way in which he had been treated by the Iron King she became furious, and began to prepare for war. Who acts: Minon, Aveline, Iron King, prince. 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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 (Minon, Aveline, Iron King, prince), 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:pg5615:30:93 # text = Now Minon-Minette had been kept informed by Aveline of the prince’s adventures, and when she heard of the way in which he had been treated by the Iron King she became furious, and began to prepare for war. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Minon Minon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Minette Minette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Aveline Aveline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 36 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | Minon and Minette | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle | Minon and Minette *not said here* | | | | | by Aveline of the prince's adventures | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | Aveline | | | | | of the way | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of way=Stimulus | | 4 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | the Iron King | thread | | the way | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 5 | **become** | past | Aveline | | | | | furious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **begin** | past | Aveline *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | Aveline *not said here* | | | | | for war | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for war=Beneficiary | | 8 | **adventure** | | the prince | | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/94/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)