--- title: ‘Prince Milan and Princess Hyacinthia have just gone on this minute;… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Prince Milan and Princess Hyacinthia have just gone on this minute; they stopped for a few minutes in the church to say their prayers, and bade me light this wax candle for you, and give you their love.’ Who acts: Prince Milan, pass. 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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, pass), 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:pg7277:28:58 # text = ‘Prince Milan and Princess Hyacinthia have just gone on this minute; they stopped for a few minutes in the church to say their prayers, and bade me light this wax candle for you, and give you their love.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 light light VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | Prince Milan and Princess | | | | minute | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | pass | | | | minute | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | pass *not said here* | pass's prayers | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | | 4 | **light** | present | | bade | | | | for you | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent candle=Product for you=Beneficiary | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | pass's love | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient love=Theme | | 6 | **pray** | | pass | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **love** | | pass | | | | | | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/59/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/)