--- title: The Prince thanked her gratefully, and picked up one of the smallest… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince thanked her gratefully, and picked up one of the smallest of the lumps of gold; as he did so the little monkey was suddenly transformed into a tall and gracious lady, who said to him: Who acts: Prince, tall lady. 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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, tall lady), 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:pg7277:15:45 # text = The Prince thanked her gratefully, and picked up one of the smallest of the lumps of gold; as he did so the little monkey was suddenly transformed into a tall and gracious lady, who said to him: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lumps lump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 transformed transform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 35 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Prince | | | | | gratefully *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pick up** | participle | the Prince *not said here* | one of the smallest | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **transform** | past · passive | | the little monkey | | | | into a tall lady *result*; suddenly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lady=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a tall lady | | monkey | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/46/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)