--- title: After that he went a step further and began to have long talks with… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After that he went a step further and began to have long talks with the Princess--still, however, keeping himself invisible, until she begged him so earnestly to appear to her that he could no longer resist, and after making her promise that, no matter what he was like, she would still love him, he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/34/) [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/) / 34 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 34 After that he went a step further and began to have long talks with the Princess--still, however, keeping himself invisible, until she begged him so earnestly to appear to her that he could no longer resist, and after making her promise that, no matter what he was like, she would still love him, he drew the ring from his finger, and the Princess saw with delight that he was as handsome as he was agreeable. **Who acts:** Narcissus, Princess · **What happens:** go, begin, have, keep, beg, appear · **To what, where:** step, long talks, Narcissus, Princess, promise 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, 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:pg7277:11:34 # text = After that he went a step further and began to have long talks with the Princess--still, however, keeping himself invisible, until she begged him so earnestly to appear to her that he could no longer resist, and after making her promise that, no matter what he was like, she would still love him, he drew the ring from his finger, and the Princess saw with delight that he was as handsome as he was agreeable. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 further further ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 talks talk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 however however ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 resist resist NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 after after SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 ccomp _ _ 52 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 obj _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 55 like like INTJ UH _ 60 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 still still ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 77 that that SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 78 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 79 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 cop _ _ 80 as as ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 xcomp _ _ 82 as as SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 83 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 84 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ _ 85 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Narcissus | a step | | | after that | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | Narcissus *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | long talks | | | still | with the Princess | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | gerund | Narcissus *not said here* | Narcissus | | | | however, invisible *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Princess | | Narcissus | | | earnestly *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **appear** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **resist** | could | Narcissus | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | gerund | Narcissus *not said here* | Princess's promise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product | | 9 | **is** | would · past | Narcissus | | | | still | love *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **draw** | past | Narcissus | Princess's promise | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary ring=Result | | 11 | **see** | past | the Princess | | | | | with delight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **is** | past | Narcissus | | | | | handsome *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is** | past | Narcissus | | | | | agreeable *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **promise** | | Princess | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/35/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)