--- title: King Cloverleaf and Queen Frivola had but one child, and this Prince… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: King Cloverleaf and Queen Frivola had but one child, and this Princess had from her very babyhood been so beautiful, that by the time she was four years old the Queen was desperately jealous of her, and so fearful that when she was grown up she would be more admired than herself, that she resolved t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/7/) [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/) / 7 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 7 King Cloverleaf and Queen Frivola had but one child, and this Princess had from her very babyhood been so beautiful, that by the time she was four years old the Queen was desperately jealous of her, and so fearful that when she was grown up she would be more admired than herself, that she resolved to keep her hidden away out of sight. **Who acts:** King Cloverleaf, Princess, babyhood, Queen · **What happens:** have, be, grow up, admire, resolve, keep · **To what, where:** time, Queen, sight 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 (King Cloverleaf, Princess, babyhood, Queen), 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:pg7277:11:7 # text = King Cloverleaf and Queen Frivola had but one child, and this Princess had from her very babyhood been so beautiful, that by the time she was four years old the Queen was desperately jealous of her, and so fearful that when she was grown up she would be more admired than herself, that she resolved to keep her hidden away out of sight. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Cloverleaf cloverleaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 Frivola Frivola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 babyhood babyhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 desperately desperately ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 advcl _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 53 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 54 than than ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 64 away away ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 out out ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | King Cloverleaf | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | past | this Princess | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | participle | babyhood | | | | | that *obl*; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Queen | the time *not said here* | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the Queen | | | | | of Princess; desperately, jealous *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **grow up** | past · passive | | Queen | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **admire** | would · passive | | Queen | | | | than Queen | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 9 | **resolve** | past | Queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Theme | | 11 | **hide away** | participle | | | | sight | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out sight=Location | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/8/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)