--- title: The Princess was much agitated by this speech, and feared lest the E… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess was much agitated by this speech, and feared lest the Enchanter should have overheard it; but he had been loudly calling her attention to the flowers, and chuckling over his own smartness in getting them for her; and it was rather a blow to him when she said very coldly that they were n --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/50/) [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/) / 50 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 50 The Princess was much agitated by this speech, and feared lest the Enchanter should have overheard it; but he had been loudly calling her attention to the flowers, and chuckling over his own smartness in getting them for her; and it was rather a blow to him when she said very coldly that they were not the sort she preferred, and she would be glad if he would send them all away. **Who acts:** speech, enchanter, attention, Princess, flowers · **What happens:** agitate, fear, overhear, call, chuckle, get · **To what, where:** Princess, Enchanter, attention, flowers, own smartness, blow · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (speech, enchanter, attention, 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:pg7277:11:50 # text = The Princess was much agitated by this speech, and feared lest the Enchanter should have overheard it; but he had been loudly calling her attention to the flowers, and chuckling over his own smartness in getting them for her; and it was rather a blow to him when she said very coldly that they were not the sort she preferred, and she would be glad if he would send them all away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 agitated agitate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux _ _ 24 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 chuckling chuckle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 smartness smartness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 rather rather ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl _ _ 55 very very ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 coldly coldly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 advcl _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 cop _ _ 70 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 71 if if SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 75 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 75 nmod:unmarked _ _ 77 away away ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agitate** | past · passive | this speech | the Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **fear** | past | this speech *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **overhear** | should · perfect · passive | | the Enchanter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | past · perfect · progressive | enchanter | Princess's attention | the flowers | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to flower=Recipient | | 5 | **chuckle** | gerund | enchanter *not said here* | | | enchanter's own smartness | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | gerund | enchanter *not said here* | flowers *= flower* | | | | for Princess | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Theme for she=Beneficiary | | 7 | **is a** | past | attention | a blow | enchanter | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | | | | coldly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **is a** | past | flowers *= flower* | the sort | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **prefer** | past | Princess | the sort *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sort=Stimulus | | 11 | **is** | would | Princess | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **send away** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | enchanter | flowers *= flower* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 13 | **attend** | | Princess | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/51/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)