--- title: Prince Featherhead was almost equally puzzled, for he had heard noth… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Featherhead was almost equally puzzled, for he had heard nothing from the King and Queen but the praises of this charming Princess, and the fact that they had spoken of her as so very beautiful only confirmed his opinion that people who live in the country have no taste. 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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 (Featherhead, praises, people), 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:pg7277:12:56 # text = Prince Featherhead was almost equally puzzled, for he had heard nothing from the King and Queen but the praises of this charming Princess, and the fact that they had spoken of her as so very beautiful only confirmed his opinion that people who live in the country have no taste. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Featherhead featherhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 equally equally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 puzzled puzzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 12 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 praises praise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nmod _ _ 23 charming charm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 24 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 confirmed confirm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puzzle** | past · passive | | Prince Featherhead | | | | equally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | Featherhead | nothing | | | | from the King and Queen | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic from king=Source | | 3 | **charm** | gerund | the praises of this *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the fact | | | | of Princess | tree rules | | 5 | **confirm** | past | | Featherhead's opinion | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot opinion=Topic | | 6 | **live** | present | people | | | the country | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 7 | **have** | present | people | no taste | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient | | 8 | **praise** | | | this | | | | | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **opine** | | Featherhead | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/57/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)