--- title: However, he decided that to win such a beauty it was quite worth whi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he decided that to win such a beauty it was quite worth while; and Melinette, feeling that she could now leave the Princess in safety, hurried off to tell Prince Narcissus what was going forward. Who acts: declaration, beauty, Melinette. 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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 (declaration, beauty, Melinette), 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:pg7277:11:56 # text = However, he decided that to win such a beauty it was quite worth while; and Melinette, feeling that she could now leave the Princess in safety, hurried off to tell Prince Narcissus what was going forward. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 18 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:desc _ _ 36 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 40 forward forward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | declaration | | | | | however *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | declaration *not said here* | such beauty | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | past | beauty | such beauty *not said here* | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | Melinette *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **leave** | could | Melinette | the Princess | | safety | now | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Theme in safety=Location | | 6 | **hurry off** | participle · passive | | Melinette | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | Narcissus Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent narcissus=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/57/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)