--- title: The prince was almost mad with joy when he heard these words, and wa… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was almost mad with joy when he heard these words, and was so desirous of seeing the beautiful princess, that he immediately spoke to the ring, and the house with its fair occupant descended in the midst of the palace garden. Who acts: 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 (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:pg7128:16:106 # text = The prince was almost mad with joy when he heard these words, and was so desirous of seeing the beautiful princess, that he immediately spoke to the ring, and the house with its fair occupant descended in the midst of the palace garden. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 occupant occupant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | with joy; almost, mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | prince | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | desirous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | the beautiful princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | prince | | | | | to the ring; immediately *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to ring=Co-Agent | | 6 | **descend** | participle · passive | | the house with Ring's fair occupant | | the midst of the palace garden | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/107/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)