--- title: But he suddenly remembered that, after all, it was a funny name, and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he suddenly remembered that, after all, it was a funny name, and that he had not yet had time to make it famous; so he was calm, and enquired the way to the Princess Sabella’s country. Who acts: Prince, presence. 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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 (Prince, presence), 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:pg7277:14:50 # text = But he suddenly remembered that, after all, it was a funny name, and that he had not yet had time to make it famous; so he was calm, and enquired the way to the Princess Sabella’s country. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 yet yet ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 enquired enquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Sabella Sabella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Prince | that | | | after all; time | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | presence | a funny name | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | Prince | | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | presence | | | | famous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **enquire** *speech: other* | past | Prince *not said here* | the way | | | | to the Princess Sabella's country | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/51/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)