--- title: This done, he thought of nothing but how best to deliver Rosalie, an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This done, he thought of nothing but how best to deliver Rosalie, and he resolved to take advantage of a visit which the Prince of the Air paid every year to his mother and brothers in order to strike the blow. Who acts: heart, 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 (heart, 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:pg640:16:56 # text = This done, he thought of nothing but how best to deliver Rosalie, and he resolved to take advantage of a visit which the Prince of the Air paid every year to his mother and brothers in order to strike the blow. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 appos _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 csubj _ _ 13 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Air Air PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle · passive | | This | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | heart | | | | | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | | Rosalie | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rosalie=Patient | | 4 | **resolve** | past | heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | advantage | | order | | of a visit | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme of visit=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pay** | past | the Prince of the Air | a visit | | | year | to heart's mother and brothers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Asset | | 7 | **strike** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | the blow | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/57/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)