--- title: The Prince, however, thought it would suit him better to land where… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince, however, thought it would suit him better to land where he was, so as to avoid the town, since he had no money left and was very doubtful as to what he should do next. Who acts: Prince, land. 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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, land), 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:pg7277:15:31 # text = The Prince, however, thought it would suit him better to land where he was, so as to avoid the town, since he had no money left and was very doubtful as to what he should do next. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 since since SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 doubtful doubtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 41 next next ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | | | | however *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **suit** | would | land | Prince | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **land** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | the town | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent town=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | Prince | no money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 7 | **leave** | participle | | no money *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | doubtful *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | should | Prince | | | | | next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/32/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)