--- title: Then Narcissus implored his faithful friend Melinette to send the Pr… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Narcissus implored his faithful friend Melinette to send the Princess such dreams of him as should make her recognise him as a friend when he actually appeared before her eyes; and this device was so successful that the Princess quite dreaded the cessation of these amusing dreams, in which a ce --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/33/) [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/) / 33 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 33 Then Narcissus implored his faithful friend Melinette to send the Princess such dreams of him as should make her recognise him as a friend when he actually appeared before her eyes; and this device was so successful that the Princess quite dreaded the cessation of these amusing dreams, in which a certain Prince Narcissus was such a delightful lover and companion. **Who acts:** Narcissus, friend, device, Princess, certain Narcissus · **What happens:** implore, send, make, recognise, appear, be · **To what, where:** faithful friend, Princess such dreams, friend, Narcissus, eyes, cessation 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, friend, device, Princess), 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:pg7277:11:33 # text = Then Narcissus implored his faithful friend Melinette to send the Princess such dreams of him as should make her recognise him as a friend when he actually appeared before her eyes; and this device was so successful that the Princess quite dreaded the cessation of these amusing dreams, in which a certain Prince Narcissus was such a delightful lover and companion. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 actually actually ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 29 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 quite quite ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 dreaded dread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cessation cessation NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:desc _ _ 56 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 58 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 61 det:predet _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **implore** | past | Narcissus | | Narcissus's faithful friend | | then | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | the Princess such dreams of Narcissus | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Theme | | 3 | **make** | should | Narcissus *not said here* | friend | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **recognise** | infinitive | friend *not said here* | Narcissus | | | | as a friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus as friend=Attribute | | 5 | **appear** | past | Narcissus | | | friend's eyes | | actually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before eye=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | this device | | | | | successful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **dread** | past | the Princess | the cessation of this amusing dreams and such delightful lover and companion | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cessation=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | past | a certain Narcissus Prince | such delightful lover and companion | | the cessation of this amusing dreams and such delightful lover and companion | | | tree rules | | 9 | **dream** | | | Narcissus | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **cease** | | | this amusing dreams | | | | | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/34/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)