--- title: The Prince, far more attracted by the thoughts of possessing the Pri… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince, far more attracted by the thoughts of possessing the Princess than her promised dower, set forth in his quest after taking leave of the King and Queen, the latter giving him a miniature of her daughter which she was in the habit of wearing. 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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 (thoughts, miniature, latter habit, Queen), 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:pg640:20:30 # text = The Prince, far more attracted by the thoughts of possessing the Princess than her promised dower, set forth in his quest after taking leave of the King and Queen, the latter giving him a miniature of her daughter which she was in the habit of wearing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 possessing possess VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 dower dower NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 34 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 35 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 csubj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 miniature miniature NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 48 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | participle | | the Prince *not said here* | | | | by the thoughts and the latter habit | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **possess** | gerund | the thoughts and the latter habit *not said here* | the Princess | | | | than Queen's promised dower | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **set** | participle | | Queen's promised dower *not said here* | | King's quest | | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in quest=Destination | | 5 | **take** | gerund | | leave of the King and Queen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 6 | **give** | gerund | | | King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | a miniature of Queen's daughter | | | the latter habit | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wear** | gerund | the latter habit *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **dower** | | Queen | | | | | | nom dower «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **quest** | | King | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/31/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)