--- title: When Grannonia heard these words, and saw how deeply rooted the Prin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Grannonia heard these words, and saw how deeply rooted the Prince’s love for her was, she felt very happy, and blushing rosy red, she said: ‘But should I get the other lady to give up her rights, would you then consent to marry me?’ Who acts: Grannonia, I, you, Prince. 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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 (Grannonia, I, you, Prince), 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:pg7277:25:75 # text = When Grannonia heard these words, and saw how deeply rooted the Prince’s love for her was, she felt very happy, and blushing rosy red, she said: ‘But should I get the other lady to give up her rights, would you then consent to marry me?’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Grannonia Grannonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 rooted root VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 blushing blush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 27 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 But but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 50 consent consent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Grannonia | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | Grannonia *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | for Grannonia; deeply, root *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **feel** | past | Grannonia | | | | | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **blush** | gerund | Grannonia *not said here* | | | | | red *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grannonia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** | should | I | the other lady | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 8 | **give up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Grannonia's rights | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Source | | 9 | **consent** | would | you | | | | then | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **marry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 11 | **love** | | the Prince | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/76/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)