--- title: It happened that this farewell took place before the whole Court, an… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that this farewell took place before the whole Court, and so great a favourite had Prince Mannikin become that they were all indignant at the coldness with which the Princess treated him. Who acts: It, farewell, favourite, great. 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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 (It, farewell, favourite, great), 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:pg7277:17:19 # text = It happened that this farewell took place before the whole Court, and so great a favourite had Prince Mannikin become that they were all indignant at the coldness with which the Princess treated him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nsubj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 favourite favourite NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 indignant indignant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 coldness coldness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | this farewell | place | | the whole Court | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Theme before court=Destination | | 3 | **have** | past | a favourite | Mannikin Prince | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mannikin=Patient | | 4 | **become** | present | great | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | the coldness | | all, indignant *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **treat** | past | the Princess | | Mannikin | | | with the coldness | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with which=Theme | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/20/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)