--- title: It was not long before he met the faithful Mousta, who was coming at… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was not long before he met the faithful Mousta, who was coming at the top of his speed hoping to meet the Prince, that he might tell him of the sudden and wonderful change that had come over the Princess, who had become gentle and thoughtful and had talked to him of nothing but Prince Mannikin, o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/44/) [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/) / 44 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 44 It was not long before he met the faithful Mousta, who was coming at the top of his speed hoping to meet the Prince, that he might tell him of the sudden and wonderful change that had come over the Princess, who had become gentle and thoughtful and had talked to him of nothing but Prince Mannikin, of the hardships she feared he might be suffering, and of her anxiety for him, and all this with a hundred fonder expressions which put the finishing stroke to the Prince’s delight. **Who acts:** train, foot, faithful Mousta, sudden change, Princess, hundred fonder expressions · **What happens:** not be, meet, come, hope, tell, become · **To what, where:** faithful Mousta, top, Prince, Mousta, foot, finishing stroke · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (train, foot, faithful Mousta, sudden change), 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:pg7277:17:44 # text = It was not long before he met the faithful Mousta, who was coming at the top of his speed hoping to meet the Prince, that he might tell him of the sudden and wonderful change that had come over the Princess, who had become gentle and thoughtful and had talked to him of nothing but Prince Mannikin, of the hardships she feared he might be suffering, and of her anxiety for him, and all this with a hundred fonder expressions which put the finishing stroke to the Prince’s delight. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Mousta Mousta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 appos _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 parataxis _ _ 48 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 53 obl _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 60 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 hardships hardship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 aux _ _ 70 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 76 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 81 det:predet _ _ 81 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 82 with with ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 86 nummod _ _ 85 fonder fond ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 86 amod _ _ 86 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nmod _ _ 87 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 88 nsubj _ _ 88 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 acl:relcl _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 90 finishing finishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 compound _ _ 91 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ _ 92 to to ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 96 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ’s 's PART POS _ 94 case _ _ 96 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | train | | | | | this *obl*; long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **meet** | past | foot | the faithful Mousta | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mousta=Co-Agent | | 3 | **come** | past · progressive | the faithful Mousta | | | the top of foot's speed | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location | | 4 | **hope** | gerund | the faithful Mousta *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the faithful Mousta *not said here* | the Prince | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Co-Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | might | foot | | Mousta | | | of the sudden change | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | past · perfect | the sudden change | | | | | over the Princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over princess=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **become** | past · perfect | the Princess | | | | | gentle *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **talk** | past · perfect | the Princess *not said here* | | foot | | | of nothing | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 10 | **fear** | past | Princess | | | | | of the hardships | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **suffer** | might · progressive | foot | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **put** | past | hundred fonder expressions | the finishing stroke | | | | to the Prince's delight | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent stroke=Goal | | 13 | **delight** | | the Prince | | | | | | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/45/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)