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title: So he began to talk of his rivals, and found in each of them somethi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: So he began to talk of his rivals, and found in each of them something to make merry over, in which diversion the Princess joined him heartily, and so well did he succeed in his attempt to amuse her that before very long she declared that of all the people at Court he was the one to whom she preferr
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 34

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So he began to talk of his rivals, and found in each of them something to make merry over, in which diversion the Princess joined him heartily, and so well did he succeed in his attempt to amuse her that before very long she declared that of all the people at Court he was the one to whom she preferred to talk.

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**Who acts:** Mannikin, Princess · **What happens:** begin, talk, find, make, join, succeed · **To what, where:** something, Mannikin, diversion, attempt, Princess, that

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mannikin, Princess), 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:pg7277:16:34
# text = So he began to talk of his rivals, and found in each of them something to make merry over, in which diversion the Princess joined him heartily, and so well did he succeed in his attempt to amuse her that before very long she declared that of all the people at Court he was the one to whom she preferred to talk.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
19	merry	merry	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	over	over	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	24	det	_	_
24	diversion	diversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	heartily	heartily	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	_
34	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	amuse	amuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	acl	_	_
42	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	that	that	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	before	before	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
45	very	very	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	48	advmod	_	_
47	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
54	at	at	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nmod	_	_
62	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	acl:relcl	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
65	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | Mannikin |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of Mannikin's rivals | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | participle | Mannikin *not said here* |  |  | something |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 5 | **join** | past | the Princess | Mannikin |  | which diversion |  | heartily *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 6 | **succeed** | past · do-support | Mannikin |  |  | Mannikin's attempt |  | well *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in attempt=Eventuality |
| 7 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | Princess |  |  |  | before *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 8 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Princess | that |  |  |  | long *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute |
| 9 | **is a** | past | Mannikin | the one |  | Court |  | to all people | tree rules |
| 10 | **prefer** | past | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 11 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **attempt** |  | Mannikin |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act 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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