--- title: True he had been serving the Princess, but she only admired and prai… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: True he had been serving the Princess, but she only admired and praised him for his gallant deeds, and seemed no whit nearer bestowing on him the love he so ardently desired, and all the comfort Mousta could give him on the subject was that at least she loved no one else, and with that he had to con --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/) / 15 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 15 True he had been serving the Princess, but she only admired and praised him for his gallant deeds, and seemed no whit nearer bestowing on him the love he so ardently desired, and all the comfort Mousta could give him on the subject was that at least she loved no one else, and with that he had to content himself. **Who acts:** True, Princess, gallant, comfort · **What happens:** serve, admire, praise, deed, seem, bestow · **To what, where:** Princess, True, whit, love, gallant, subject This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (True, Princess, gallant, comfort), 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:pg7277:17:15 # text = True he had been serving the Princess, but she only admired and praised him for his gallant deeds, and seemed no whit nearer bestowing on him the love he so ardently desired, and all the comfort Mousta could give him on the subject was that at least she loved no one else, and with that he had to content himself. 1 True true NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 serving serve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 gallant gallant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 deeds deed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 26 bestowing bestow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 ardently ardently ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 Mousta Mousta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 obl _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 else else ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 with with SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 content content VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | past · perfect · progressive | True | the Princess | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Attribute | | 2 | **admire** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **praise** | past | Princess *not said here* | True | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **deed** | present | True's gallant | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | | no whit | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bestow** | gerund | | the love | | | | on True | tree rules | | 7 | **desire** | participle | gallant | | | | | ardently *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **give** | could | all comfort | | gallant | the subject | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme on subject=Asset | | 9 | **be** | past | True *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **love** | past | comfort | no one | | least | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 11 | **have** | past | gallant | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **content** | to-infinitive | gallant *not said here* | gallant | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/16/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)