--- title: But it was all no good, and the Princess suffered so much from their… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But it was all no good, and the Princess suffered so much from their remedies that the King was obliged to send out a second proclamation that anyone who undertook to cure the Princess, and who failed to do it, should be hanged up to the nearest tree. Who acts: palace, Princess, surgeons. 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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 (palace, Princess, surgeons), 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:pg7277:22:297 # text = But it was all no good, and the Princess suffered so much from their remedies that the King was obliged to send out a second proclamation that anyone who undertook to cure the Princess, and who failed to do it, should be hanged up to the nearest tree. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 remedies remedy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 29 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 amod _ _ 51 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | palace | | | | | all, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suffer** | past | the Princess | | | surgeons's remedies | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **send out** | to-infinitive | | a second proclamation | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Theme | | 5 | **undertake** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **cure** | to-infinitive | | the Princess | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer princess=Source | | 7 | **fail** | past | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | | palace | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 9 | **hange up** | should · passive | | anyone | | | | to the nearest tree | tree rules | | 10 | **remedy** | | surgeons *= surgeon* | | | | | | nom remedy «act 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 296](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/296/) - next →: [sentence 298](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/298/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)