--- title: The sight of a handful of gold pieces somewhat mollified her, howeve… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sight of a handful of gold pieces somewhat mollified her, however, and after making them both promise faithfully that on no consideration would they ask for the gold back again, she took the Princess into the house and grudgingly doled out to her just enough of her gay attire to make her present --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/180/) [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 Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 180 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 180 The sight of a handful of gold pieces somewhat mollified her, however, and after making them both promise faithfully that on no consideration would they ask for the gold back again, she took the Princess into the house and grudgingly doled out to her just enough of her gay attire to make her presentable, while the rest she pretended to have lost. **Who acts:** sight, dame, Celandine, rest · **What happens:** mollify, make, ask, take, dole out, pretend · **To what, where:** dame, Celandine, consideration, Princess, house, handful This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sight, dame, Celandine, rest), 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:pg7277:12:180 # text = The sight of a handful of gold pieces somewhat mollified her, however, and after making them both promise faithfully that on no consideration would they ask for the gold back again, she took the Princess into the house and grudgingly doled out to her just enough of her gay attire to make her presentable, while the rest she pretended to have lost. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 mollified mollify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 grudgingly grudgingly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 doled dole VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 enough enough ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 presentable presentable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 while while SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mollify** | past | the sight of a handful of gold pieces | dame | | | | however, somewhat *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 2 | **make** | gerund | dame *not said here* | Celandine | | | | faithfully *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary promise=Product | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | Celandine | | | no consideration | again | for the gold | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | dame | the Princess | | the house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme into house=Destination | | 5 | **dole out** | participle | dame *not said here* | | dame | | | of dame's gay attire; grudgingly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | dame *not said here* | | | | | presentable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **pretend** | past | the rest | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | to-infinitive | the rest *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **lose** | participle | the rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **sight** | | | a handful of gold pieces | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/179/) - next →: [sentence 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/181/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)