--- title: No sooner had the eyes of the Prince of the Air rested on her than h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner had the eyes of the Prince of the Air rested on her than he forgot all the terrible woes which had been prophesied to him ever since he was born, for in one single moment the plans of years are often upset. Who acts: eyes, King, plans. 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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 (eyes, King, plans), 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:pg640:16:13 # text = No sooner had the eyes of the Prince of the Air rested on her than he forgot all the terrible woes which had been prophesied to him ever since he was born, for in one single moment the plans of years are often upset. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Air Air PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 15 than than SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woes woe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 prophesied prophesy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ _ 29 since since SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 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 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 often often ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rest** | past | the eyes of the Prince of the Air | girl | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme | | 3 | **forget** | past | King | all terrible woes | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **prophesy** | past · perfect · passive | | all terrible woes | King | | ever | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **bear** | past · passive | | King | | | moment | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | the plans of years | one single moment *not said here* | | | | often, upset *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **plan** | | | years | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/14/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)