--- title: Prince Milan loosened from his neck the little gold cross his mother… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Milan loosened from his neck the little gold cross his mother had given him, and as soon as Hyacinthia grasped it, she had changed herself into a church, Milan into a monk, and the horse into a belfry. Who acts: Prince Milan, little gold, Hyacinthia, pursuit. 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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, little gold, Hyacinthia, pursuit), 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:pg7277:28:55 # text = Prince Milan loosened from his neck the little gold cross his mother had given him, and as soon as Hyacinthia grasped it, she had changed herself into a church, Milan into a monk, and the horse into a belfry. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 loosened loosen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from 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 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 belfry belfry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loosen** | past | Prince Milan | the horse | | a belfry | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cross** | infinitive | the little gold | | | Milan's neck | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | Milan's mother | Milan | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 4 | **grasp** | past | Hyacinthia | gold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **change** | past · perfect | pursuit | pursuit | | | | into a church *result*; into a monk; soon *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into church=Result | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/56/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/)