--- title: While the Princess expressed a wish to have Mousta brought to her, a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While the Princess expressed a wish to have Mousta brought to her, and, when the Prince sent for him, she was so delighted with his courtly manners and his marvellous intelligence that she entreated Mannikin to give him to her for her own. Who acts: Princess, Mousta, 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 (Princess, Mousta, 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:pg7277:16:40 # text = While the Princess expressed a wish to have Mousta brought to her, and, when the Prince sent for him, she was so delighted with his courtly manners and his marvellous intelligence that she entreated Mannikin to give him to her for her own. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 Mousta Mousta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 courtly courtly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 38 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | past | the Princess | a wish | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | Mousta | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | participle | Mousta *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to she=Destination | | 4 | **send** | past | the Prince | | | | | for Mannikin | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | with Mannikin's courtly manners and Mannikin's marvellous intelligence; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **entreat** | past | Princess | Mannikin | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mannikin=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | Mannikin | | | to Princess; for Princess's own | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme to she=Recipient for own=Asset | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/41/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)