--- title: Prince Milan at once proceeded to cut it open, when to his surprise… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Milan at once proceeded to cut it open, when to his surprise two white doves sprang out of it, and one of them said to the other: ‘My dear mate, do not fly away and leave me, and forget me as Prince Milan forgot his beloved Hyacinthia.’ Who acts: Prince Milan, two white doves, one, Milan. 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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 (Prince Milan, two white doves, one, Milan), 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:pg7277:28:103 # text = Prince Milan at once proceeded to cut it open, when to his surprise two white doves sprang out of it, and one of them said to the other: ‘My dear mate, do not fly away and leave me, and forget me as Prince Milan forgot his beloved Hyacinthia.’ 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ 5 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | Prince Milan | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cut** | to-infinitive | Prince Milan *not said here* | cake | | | | open *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 3 | **spring out** | past | two white doves | cake | | | | to Milan's surprise | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of doves | | the other | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **fly away** | infinitive · do-support | one of doves *not said here* | | | | | My dear mate *vocative*; away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | infinitive | one of doves *not said here* | me | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **forget** | infinitive | one of doves *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **forget** | past | Prince Milan | Milan's beloved Hyacinthia | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **surprise** | | Milan | | | | | | nom surprise «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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/104/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/)