--- title: The Prince hastily seized the bird’s wings in his hands, when, lo! t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince hastily seized the bird’s wings in his hands, when, lo! to his astonishment he found he was holding in his arms not a bird but the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Who acts: Prince, bird. 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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, bird), 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:pg640:30:32 # text = The Prince hastily seized the bird’s wings in his hands, when, lo! to his astonishment he found he was holding in his arms not a bird but the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 lo lo INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 34 advmod _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | the Prince | the bird's wings | | bird's hands | | hastily *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Prince | | | | | to bird's astonishment | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | past · progressive | Prince | a bird | | bird's arms | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bird=Theme in arm=Location | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the beautiful girl | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **astonish** | | bird | | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/33/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)