--- title: As soon as they had got back to the place where they had left Mousta… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they had got back to the place where they had left Mousta the Fairy disappeared, and the Prince and his faithful Squire, who had greeted him with every demonstration of joy, took the nearest way to the city. Who acts: faces, Fairy, Prince. 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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 (faces, Fairy, Prince), 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:pg7277:15:50 # text = As soon as they had got back to the place where they had left Mousta the Fairy disappeared, and the Prince and his faithful Squire, who had greeted him with every demonstration of joy, took the nearest way to the city. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 Mousta Mousta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 greeted greet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 demonstration demonstration NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past · perfect | faces *= face* | | | | | to the place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | faces *= face* | Mousta | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mousta=Theme | | 3 | **disappear** | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past · perfect · passive | | Prince's faithful Squire | Prince | | | with every demonstration of joy | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | the Prince and Prince's faithful Squire | the nearest way | | the city | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme to city=Destination | | 6 | **demonstrate** | | | joy | | | | | nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg7277/15/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/51/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)