--- title: As to the Prince, he was becoming day by day more attached to Potent… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As to the Prince, he was becoming day by day more attached to Potentilla, and his one thought was to attend her, always invisible, and help her in everything she did, and provide her with everything that could possibly amuse or please her. Who acts: Prince, one thought, 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 (Prince, one thought, Potentilla), 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:pg7277:11:31 # text = As to the Prince, he was becoming day by day more attached to Potentilla, and his one thought was to attend her, always invisible, and help her in everything she did, and provide her with everything that could possibly amuse or please her. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 13 attached attached ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:outer _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 obl _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 provide provide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 38 obl _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · progressive | Prince | | | | day | as the Prince; attached *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Prince's one thought | | | | | attend *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | infinitive | | | Potentilla | everything | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 4 | **do** | past | Potentilla | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **provide** | infinitive | | | Potentilla | | | with everything | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with everything=Theme | | 6 | **amuse** | could | | | | | | possibly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **please** | infinitive | | Potentilla | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 8 | **think** | | Prince | | | | | | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/32/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)