--- title: ‘Oh! if you like fireworks, Princess,’ said he; and the next night a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh! if you like fireworks, Princess,’ said he; and the next night all the will-o’-the-wisps in the country came and danced on the plain, which could be seen from the Princess’s windows, and as she was looking out, and rather enjoying the sight, up sprang a frightful volcano, pouring out smoke and f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/95/) [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/) / 95 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 95 ‘Oh! if you like fireworks, Princess,’ said he; and the next night all the will-o’-the-wisps in the country came and danced on the plain, which could be seen from the Princess’s windows, and as she was looking out, and rather enjoying the sight, up sprang a frightful volcano, pouring out smoke and flames which terrified her greatly, to the intense amusement of the Enchanter, who laughed like a pack of wolves quarrelling. **Who acts:** you, Grumedan, wisps, Princess, smoke, intense amusement · **What happens:** like, say, come, dance, see, look out · **To what, where:** fireworks, country, plain, windows, sight, frightful volcano · **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 (you, Grumedan, wisps, 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:pg7277:11:95 # text = ‘Oh! if you like fireworks, Princess,’ said he; and the next night all the will-o’-the-wisps in the country came and danced on the plain, which could be seen from the Princess’s windows, and as she was looking out, and rather enjoying the sight, up sprang a frightful volcano, pouring out smoke and flames which terrified her greatly, to the intense amusement of the Enchanter, who laughed like a pack of wolves quarrelling. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 7 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 wisps wisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 appos _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 54 out out ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 rather rather ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 up up ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 pouring pour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 conj _ _ 69 out out ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 70 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 conj _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 74 nsubj _ _ 74 terrified terrify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 acl:relcl _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 intense intense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 86 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 87 nsubj _ _ 87 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 conj _ _ 88 like like ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 compound _ _ 93 quarrelling quarrelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | fireworks | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot firework=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grumedan | | | | night | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | the wisps *not said here* | | | the country | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 4 | **dance** | past | the wisps *not said here* | | | the plain | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plain=Location | | 5 | **see** | could · passive | | the plain | | the Princess's windows | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **look out** | past · progressive | Princess | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **enjoy** | gerund | the wisps *not said here* | the sight | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 8 | **spring** | past | the wisps *not said here* | a frightful volcano | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location volcano=Theme | | 9 | **pour out** | gerund | the wisps *not said here* | smoke and flames | | | | to the intense amusement of the Enchanter | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Patient | | 10 | **terrify** | past | smoke and flames | Princess | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 11 | **laugh** | past | the intense amusement of the Enchanter | | | | | like a pack of wolves quarrelling | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **amuse** | | | the Enchanter | | | | | nom amusement «feeling 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/96/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)