--- title: The beauties no longer pleased him, their witty speeches had ceased… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The beauties no longer pleased him, their witty speeches had ceased to amuse; and indeed, for their parts, they found the Prince far less amiable than of yore, and were not sorry when he declared that, after all, a country life suited him best, and went back to the Leafy Palace. 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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 (speeches, message, country life, eyes), 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:pg7277:12:63 # text = The beauties no longer pleased him, their witty speeches had ceased to amuse; and indeed, for their parts, they found the Prince far less amiable than of yore, and were not sorry when he declared that, after all, a country life suited him best, and went back to the Leafy Palace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beauties beauty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 witty witty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 29 amiable amiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 yore yore NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 suited suit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 55 back back ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Leafy Leafy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | the beauties | | | | for eyes's parts; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **find** | past | speeches *= speech* | the Prince | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | speeches *= speech* *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | message | that | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 6 | **suit** | past | a country life | message | | | after all | best *obl* | tree rules | | 7 | **go back** | past | speeches *= speech* *not said here* | | | | | to the Leafy Palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 8 | **speak** | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | nom speech «communication 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/64/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)