--- title: The Prince returned to his room in despair; then the Princess Hyacin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince returned to his room in despair; then the Princess Hyacinthia came to him once more changed into the likeness of a bee, and asked him, ‘Why so sad, Prince Milan?’ Who acts: Prince, Princess Hyacinthia. 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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, Princess Hyacinthia), 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:pg7277:28:4 # text = The Prince returned to his room in despair; then the Princess Hyacinthia came to him once more changed into the likeness of a bee, and asked him, ‘Why so sad, Prince Milan?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 19 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the Prince | | | | | to Prince's room in despair *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to room=Result | | 2 | **come** | past | the Princess Hyacinthia | | Prince | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **change** | participle | the Princess Hyacinthia *not said here* | | | | | into the likeness of a bee *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into likeness=Result | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | Prince | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/5/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/)