--- title: This request roused her to fury, since she had counted upon the Prin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This request roused her to fury, since she had counted upon the Princess’s fine robes to clothe her for the rest of her life, so that it was some time before the Prince could make himself heard to explain that he was willing to pay for them. Who acts: request, dame, Prince. 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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 (request, dame, Prince), 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:pg7277:12:179 # text = This request roused her to fury, since she had counted upon the Princess’s fine robes to clothe her for the rest of her life, so that it was some time before the Prince could make himself heard to explain that he was willing to pay for them. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 roused rouse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | past | this request | dame | | | | to fury | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **count** | past · perfect | dame | | | | | upon the Princess's fine robes | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **clothe** | to-infinitive | dame *not said here* | dame | | | | for the rest of dame's life | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | request | some time | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | could | the Prince | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | for Celandine | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=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 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/178/) - next →: [sentence 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/180/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)