--- title: She was even more amazed than she had been before, and asked him aga… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was even more amazed than she had been before, and asked him again if he had either seen or spoken to the black girl; but the Prince knew better than to betray his word, and once more lied freely. Who acts: Fairy, 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 (Fairy, 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:pg640:25:79 # text = She was even more amazed than she had been before, and asked him again if he had either seen or spoken to the black girl; but the Prince knew better than to betray his word, and once more lied freely. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 33 than than SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 freely freely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Fairy | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Fairy | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Fairy *not said here* | | Prince | | again | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Prince | | | | | either *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the black girl | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to girl=Co-Agent | | 6 | **know** | past | the Prince | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **betray** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Prince's word | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lie** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | freely, once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **word** | | Prince | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/80/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)