--- title: Now the Prince of the Golden Isle was enchanted with this conversati… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Prince of the Golden Isle was enchanted with this conversation, for the Princess Argentine was his sister, and he hoped, by means of her influence over the Prince of the Gnomes, to obtain from his brother the release of Rosalie. Who acts: Princess Argentine, spite. 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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 (Princess Argentine, spite), 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:pg640:16:80 # text = Now the Prince of the Golden Isle was enchanted with this conversation, for the Princess Argentine was his sister, and he hoped, by means of her influence over the Prince of the Gnomes, to obtain from his brother the release of Rosalie. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Isle Isle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Argentine Argentine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Gnomes Gnome PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | | the Prince of the Golden Isle | | | | with this conversation | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the Princess Argentine | | | | | for spite's sister | tree rules | | 3 | **hope** | past | spite | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of love's influence over the Prince of the Gnomes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | the release of Rosalie | | | | from spite's brother | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from brother=Source | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/81/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)