--- title: As the fairy Perie Banou pronounced the last words with a different… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As the fairy Perie Banou pronounced the last words with a different tone, and after looking tenderly at the prince, sat with downcast eyes and a modest blush on her cheeks, it was not difficult for him to comprehend what happiness she meant; and he replied, “Could I have the pleasure of making you t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/) / 46 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 46 As the fairy Perie Banou pronounced the last words with a different tone, and after looking tenderly at the prince, sat with downcast eyes and a modest blush on her cheeks, it was not difficult for him to comprehend what happiness she meant; and he replied, “Could I have the pleasure of making you the partner of my life, I should think myself the happiest of men.” **Who acts:** fairy, Prince, happiness, pleasure · **What happens:** pronounce, look, sit, not be, comprehend, mean · **To what, where:** last words, cheeks, happiness, pleasure, partner, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. 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, happiness, pleasure), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:12:46 # text = As the fairy Perie Banou pronounced the last words with a different tone, and after looking tenderly at the prince, sat with downcast eyes and a modest blush on her cheeks, it was not difficult for him to comprehend what happiness she meant; and he replied, “Could I have the pleasure of making you the partner of my life, I should think myself the happiest of men.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 18 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 downcast downcast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 blush blush NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 expl _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 comprehend comprehend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 csubj _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 ccomp _ _ 44 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 parataxis _ _ 70 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 69 obj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 69 ccomp _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** | past | the fairy | the last words | | | | with a different tone | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme with tone=Manner | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | at the prince; tenderly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at prince=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | | | | fairy's cheeks | | with downcast eyes and a modest blush | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cheek=Location | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **comprehend** | to-infinitive | Prince | | | | | what happiness *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **mean** | past | happiness | happiness *not said here* | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic | | 7 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | could | Prince | the pleasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | the partner of my life | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary partner=Product | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | Prince | Prince | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot myself=Theme | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)