--- title: ‘I have,’ said she, ‘the unhappiness of loving a Prince who is fickl… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have,’ said she, ‘the unhappiness of loving a Prince who is fickle, frivolous, proud, incapable of caring for anyone but himself, who has been spoilt by flattery, and, to crown all, who does not love me.’ Who acts: I, Princess, unhappiness, incapable. 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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 (I, Princess, unhappiness, incapable), 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:pg7277:12:163 # text = ‘I have,’ said she, ‘the unhappiness of loving a Prince who is fickle, frivolous, proud, incapable of caring for anyone but himself, who has been spoilt by flattery, and, to crown all, who does not love me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 unhappiness unhappiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 loving love VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 fickle fickle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 frivolous frivolous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 incapable incapable NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 caring care VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obl _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 spoilt spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 flattery flattery NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 46 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **love** | gerund | the unhappiness *not said here* | a Prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | the unhappiness | | | | | fickle *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the unhappiness *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **care** | gerund | incapable *not said here* | | | | | for anyone | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for anyone=Theme | | 7 | **spoil** | present · perfect · passive | flattery | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **crown** | to-infinitive | | all | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 9 | **not** **love** | present · do-support | | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/164/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)