--- title: Prince Featherhead was inclined to be angry at this uncivil receptio… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Featherhead was inclined to be angry at this uncivil reception, but he was really too happy to care much, so he only demanded, on Celandine’s behalf, that the old dame should give her back her own attire, that she might go away suitably dressed. 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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 (Prince Featherhead, Featherhead, old dame, dame), 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:pg7277:12:178 # text = Prince Featherhead was inclined to be angry at this uncivil reception, but he was really too happy to care much, so he only demanded, on Celandine’s behalf, that the old dame should give her back her own attire, that she might go away suitably dressed. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Featherhead featherhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 uncivil uncivil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Celandine Celandine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 back back ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 49 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 suitably suitably ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Prince Featherhead | | | | | inclined *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Prince Featherhead *not said here* | | | this uncivil reception | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Featherhead | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **care** | to-infinitive | Featherhead *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | Featherhead | | | Celandine's behalf | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give back** | should | the old dame | house's own attire | house | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient attire=Theme | | 7 | **go away** | might | dame | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **dress** | participle | dame *not said here* | | | | | suitably *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/177/) - next →: [sentence 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/179/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)