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title: ‘Here,’ continued the old man after he had made this proclamation--‘… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Here,’ continued the old man after he had made this proclamation--‘here is the list of all those Princes who, struck by the beauty of the Princess, have perished in the attempt to win her; and here is the list of these who have just entered upon the high emprise.’ Who acts: man, list, Princes. A se
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 41

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‘Here,’ continued the old man after he had made this proclamation--‘here is the list of all those Princes who, struck by the beauty of the Princess, have perished in the attempt to win her; and here is the list of these who have just entered upon the high emprise.’

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**Who acts:** man, list, Princes · **What happens:** continue, make, be, strike, perish, win · **To what, where:** old man, proclamation, list, attempt, Princess, these

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, list, Princes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:14:41
# text = ‘Here,’ continued the old man after he had made this proclamation--‘here is the list of all those Princes who, struck by the beauty of the Princess, have perished in the attempt to win her; and here is the list of these who have just entered upon the high emprise.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
5	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
23	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	Princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
25	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl:relcl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
35	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl:relcl	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	acl	_	_
42	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	conj	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	48	nmod	_	_
51	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
52	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	just	just	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl	_	_
55	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	emprise	emprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | past |  | the old man |  | here |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past · perfect | man | this proclamation |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product |
| 3 | **is** | present | the list |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **strike** | participle | all Princes |  |  |  |  | by the beauty of the Princess | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by beauty=Location |
| 5 | **perish** | present · perfect |  | the list *not said here* |  | the attempt |  | of all Princes | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of prince=Causer |
| 6 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |
| 7 | **is** | present | the list of these |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **enter** | present · perfect · passive |  | the list of these |  |  |  | upon the high emprise | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 9 | **list** |  |  | these |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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