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title: But while he hesitated the old man, with many respectful ceremonies,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But while he hesitated the old man, with many respectful ceremonies, unveiled a portrait of the lovely Sabella, which was carried by some of the attendants, and after one glance at it the Prince delayed no longer, but, rushing forward, demanded permission to add his name to the list. Who acts: Princ
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 43

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But while he hesitated the old man, with many respectful ceremonies, unveiled a portrait of the lovely Sabella, which was carried by some of the attendants, and after one glance at it the Prince delayed no longer, but, rushing forward, demanded permission to add his name to the list.

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**Who acts:** Prince, rushing · **What happens:** hesitate, unveil, carry, delay, rush, demand · **To what, where:** old man, portrait, lovely Sabella, permission, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Prince, rushing), 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:pg7277:14:43
# text = But while he hesitated the old man, with many respectful ceremonies, unveiled a portrait of the lovely Sabella, which was carried by some of the attendants, and after one glance at it the Prince delayed no longer, but, rushing forward, demanded permission to add his name to the list.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	respectful	respectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	unveiled	unveil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Sabella	Sabella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
32	after	after	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	34	nummod	_	_
34	glance	glance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nmod	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	delayed	delay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
40	no	no	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	csubj	_	_
46	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
48	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
49	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hesitate** | past | Prince | the old man |  |  |  | with many respectful ceremonies | tree rules |
| 2 | **unveil** | past |  | a portrait of the lovely Sabella |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **carry** | past · passive |  | the lovely Sabella |  |  |  | by some | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **delay** | past | the Prince |  |  |  | after one glance at glance | long *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **rush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | rushing | permission |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | rushing *not said here* | Prince's name |  |  |  | to the list | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent name=Patient to list=Co-Patient |
| 8 | **portray** |  |  | the lovely Sabella |  |  |  |  | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **name** |  | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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