--- title: The fairy’s intention was not only to give the prince convincing pro… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The fairy’s intention was not only to give the prince convincing proofs of her love, but to let him see that he could meet with nothing at his father’s court comparable to the happiness he enjoyed with her. Who acts: intention, Perie, fairy. 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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 (intention, Perie, fairy), 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:pg65965:12:57 # text = The fairy’s intention was not only to give the prince convincing proofs of her love, but to let him see that he could meet with nothing at his father’s court comparable to the happiness he enjoyed with her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:outer _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 convincing convincing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 proofs proof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 comparable comparable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the fairy's intention | | | | | the prince convincing proofs of fairy's love *obj*; give *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | the fairy's intention *not said here* | Perie | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | Perie *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **meet** | could | Perie | | | Perie's father's court | | with nothing | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with nothing=Co-Agent | | 5 | **enjoy** | past | Perie | the happiness *not said here* | | | | with fairy | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus | | 6 | **intend** | | the fairy | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **proof** | | | fairy's love | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **love** | | fairy | | | | | | nom love «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 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)