--- title: In a moment he felt the Princess’s hand in his, for she had always k… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment he felt the Princess’s hand in his, for she had always kept her magic pebble in her mouth, in spite of the prayers and entreaties of the Prince of the Air to make herself visible. Who acts: Prince, desire. 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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 (Prince, desire), 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:pg640:17:89 # text = In a moment he felt the Princess’s hand in his, for she had always kept her magic pebble in her mouth, in spite of the prayers and entreaties of the Prince of the Air to make herself visible. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 40 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Prince | the Princess's hand | | | moment | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | past · perfect | desire | desire's magic pebble | | desire's mouth | | in spite of the prayers and entreaties of the Prince of the Air; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme in spite=Location | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | desire *not said here* | desire | | | | visible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product | | 4 | **spite** | | | the prayers and entreaties of the Prince of the Air | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/90/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)