--- title: The prince did not at all like the idea of dining off scraps, which… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince did not at all like the idea of dining off scraps, which he helped the girl to pick up, but, after all, he found that there was plenty to eat, and that the food was very good. Who acts: prince, idea, scraps, girl. 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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, idea, scraps, girl), 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:pg641:9:90 # text = The prince did not at all like the idea of dining off scraps, which he helped the girl to pick up, but, after all, he found that there was plenty to eat, and that the food was very good. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dining dine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the prince | all | | | | like the idea | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 2 | **dine off** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | scraps | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | past | scraps | the girl | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | past | prince | | | | after all | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | plenty | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | plenty *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | the food | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/91/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)