--- title: She also deprived them of their kingdom, for they had really shown t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She also deprived them of their kingdom, for they had really shown themselves unfit to manage it, and bestowed it upon the Prince and Princess, who, though they were unwilling to take it, had no choice but to obey the Fairy. Who acts: Melinette, King. 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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, King), 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:pg7277:11:173 # text = She also deprived them of their kingdom, for they had really shown themselves unfit to manage it, and bestowed it upon the Prince and Princess, who, though they were unwilling to take it, had no choice but to obey the Fairy. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 deprived deprive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 14 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deprive** | past | Melinette | King | | | | of King's kingdom | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Source of kingdom=Theme | | 2 | **show** | past · perfect | King | King | | | | unfit *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient | | 3 | **manage** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | bridegroom | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **bestow** | past | Melinette *not said here* | bridegroom | | | | upon the Prince and Princess | tree rules | | 5 | **unwill** | past · progressive | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | bridegroom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | | no choice | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient | | 8 | **obey** | to-infinitive | | the Fairy | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=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 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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/174/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)