--- title: He followed up his former plan of amusing the Princess, and on no ac… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He followed up his former plan of amusing the Princess, and on no account reminding her of that tedious thing called ‘love,’ so that she was always glad to see him, and the winter slipped by gaily for both of them. Who acts: counsel, former plan, account, Princess. 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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 (counsel, former plan, account, Princess), 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:pg7277:17:9 # text = He followed up his former plan of amusing the Princess, and on no account reminding her of that tedious thing called ‘love,’ so that she was always glad to see him, and the winter slipped by gaily for both of them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 csubj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 amusing amuse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 16 reminding remind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 tedious tedious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 gaily gaily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow up** | past | counsel | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **amuse** | gerund | counsel's former plan *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 3 | **remind** *speech: other* | gerund | no account *not said here* | | Princess | | | of that tedious thing | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient of thing=Topic | | 4 | **call** | participle | | that tedious thing *not said here* | | | | love *vocative* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | always, glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | counsel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **slip** | participle | the winter | | | | | by gaily; for both | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **plan** | | counsel | | | | | | nom plan «cognition 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/10/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)