--- title: ‘You have already found the advantage of having a faithful friend,’… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You have already found the advantage of having a faithful friend,’ she added to the Prince ‘and now you will have the pleasure of seeing King Bayard and his subjects regain their natural forms as a reward for his kindness to you.’ Who acts: You, advantage, friend, pleasure. A sentence of «The Green --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/63/) [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/) / 63 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 63 ‘You have already found the advantage of having a faithful friend,’ she added to the Prince ‘and now you will have the pleasure of seeing King Bayard and his subjects regain their natural forms as a reward for his kindness to you.’ **Who acts:** You, advantage, friend, pleasure, subjects, Princes · **What happens:** find, have, add, see, regain, form · **To what, where:** advantage, faithful friend, pleasure, King Bayard, natural forms 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 (You, advantage, friend, pleasure), 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:pg7277:17:63 # text = ‘You have already found the advantage of having a faithful friend,’ she added to the Prince ‘and now you will have the pleasure of seeing King Bayard and his subjects regain their natural forms as a reward for his kindness to you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 regain regain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · perfect | You | the advantage | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Topic | | 2 | **have** | gerund | the advantage *not said here* | a faithful friend | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | friend | | | | | to the Prince ‘ | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to ‘=Co-Patient | | 4 | **have** | future | you | the pleasure | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 5 | **see** | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | King Bayard | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bayard=Stimulus | | 6 | **regain** | present | Bayard's subjects | Princes's natural forms | | | | as a reward for subject's kindness to you | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 7 | **form** | | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/64/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)