--- title: Before long, of course, he heard the story about the Princess Potent… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before long, of course, he heard the story about the Princess Potentilla, and, as it had by that time been repeated many times, and had been added to here and there, she was represented as such a monster of ugliness that he was really quite curious to see her, and resolved to avail himself of the ma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/24/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 24 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 24 Before long, of course, he heard the story about the Princess Potentilla, and, as it had by that time been repeated many times, and had been added to here and there, she was represented as such a monster of ugliness that he was really quite curious to see her, and resolved to avail himself of the magic power of his ring to accomplish his design. **Who acts:** Narcissus · **What happens:** hear, repeat, add, represent, be, see · **To what, where:** story, that, Potentilla, Narcissus, design This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg7277:11:24 # text = Before long, of course, he heard the story about the Princess Potentilla, and, as it had by that time been repeated many times, and had been added to here and there, she was represented as such a monster of ugliness that he was really quite curious to see her, and resolved to avail himself of the magic power of his ring to accomplish his design. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 2 obl _ _ 5 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 44 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 really really ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 quite quite ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 avail avail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 60 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Narcissus | the story | | | before long | about the Princess Potentilla | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **repeat** | participle · passive | | that | | | time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | Narcissus *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to here=Co-Patient | | 4 | **represent** | past · passive | | Potentilla | | | | as such monster of ugliness | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as monster=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | past | Narcissus | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | Potentilla | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **resolve** | past | Narcissus *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **avail** | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | Narcissus | | | | of the magic power of Narcissus's ring | tree rules | | 9 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | Narcissus's design | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Eventuality | | 10 | **design** | | Narcissus | | | | | | nom design «act 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/25/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)