--- title: Now this was a splendid fur mantle which the Princess was very fond… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now this was a splendid fur mantle which the Princess was very fond of wearing, not so much because she felt cold, as that its richness set off to perfection the delicate tints of her complexion and the brilliant gold of her hair. Who acts: this, splendid fur mantle, Princess, richness. 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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 (this, splendid fur mantle, Princess, richness), 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:pg7277:17:22 # text = Now this was a splendid fur mantle which the Princess was very fond of wearing, not so much because she felt cold, as that its richness set off to perfection the delicate tints of her complexion and the brilliant gold of her hair. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 much much ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 23 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 richness richness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 perfection perfection NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 tints tint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 complexion complexion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this | a splendid fur mantle | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | a splendid fur mantle | | | | | fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** | gerund | a splendid fur mantle *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feel** | past | Princess | | | | | cold *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **set off** | past | mantle's richness | the delicate tints of Princess's complexion and the brilliant gold of Princess's hair | | | | to perfection | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tint=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/23/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)