--- title: All this time Prince Narcissus, gloomy and despairing, was kept a pr… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All this time Prince Narcissus, gloomy and despairing, was kept a prisoner by Melinette in her castle in the air, and in spite of all the splendour by which he was surrounded, and all the pleasures which he might have enjoyed, his one thought was to get back to Potentilla. 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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 (Melinette, splendour, one thought, Narcissus), 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:pg7277:11:155 # text = All this time Prince Narcissus, gloomy and despairing, was kept a prisoner by Melinette in her castle in the air, and in spite of all the splendour by which he was surrounded, and all the pleasures which he might have enjoyed, his one thought was to get back to Potentilla. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 despairing despair VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pleasures pleasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux _ _ 45 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:outer _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 53 back back ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despair** | gerund | Melinette *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **keep** | past · passive | Melinette | Narcissus Prince | | Princess's castle in the air | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in castle=Location | | 3 | **surround** | past · passive | all splendour | Narcissus | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 4 | **enjoy** | might · perfect · passive | | all pleasures | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | Narcissus's one thought | | | spite of all splendour | | get *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **spite** | | | all splendour | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **think** | | Narcissus | | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/156/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)