--- title: Their farewells were full of tenderness; the Prince made the most ar… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Their farewells were full of tenderness; the Prince made the most ardent and sincere protestations, and promised to neglect nothing which might help to deliver his dear Fairer-than-a-Fairy from her captivity, and implored her to consent to their marriage as soon as they should both be free. 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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 (farewells, Prince, bottles), 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:pg640:23:87 # text = Their farewells were full of tenderness; the Prince made the most ardent and sincere protestations, and promised to neglect nothing which might help to deliver his dear Fairer-than-a-Fairy from her captivity, and implored her to consent to their marriage as soon as they should both be free. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 farewells farewell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tenderness tenderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 ardent ardent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sincere sincere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 protestations protestation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 neglect neglect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 obj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 29 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 30 Fairer Fairer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 both both ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 56 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | bottles's farewells | | | | | of tenderness; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the Prince | the ardent protestations | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protestation=Product | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **neglect** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 5 | **help** | might | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | | Prince's dear Fairy | | sun's captivity | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme from captivity=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **implore** | past | the Prince *not said here* | sun | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **consent** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | to bottles's marriage; soon *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme | | 9 | **is** | should | bottles *= bottle* | | | | | both, free *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** | | bottles *= bottle* | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/88/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)