--- title: One day, as they were sitting happily together under a lime-tree in… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as they were sitting happily together under a lime-tree in front of the castle, Prince Fickle broke the sad news to Helena that he must return to his parents to get their consent to his marriage. Who acts: wooers, 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 (wooers, 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:pg7277:29:12 # text = One day, as they were sitting happily together under a lime-tree in front of the castle, Prince Fickle broke the sad news to Helena that he must return to his parents to get their consent to his marriage. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 happily happily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 Fickle Fickle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Helena Helena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | wooers *= wooer* | One day *not said here* | | a lime tree | | in front of the castle; together *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent day=Theme under tree=Location | | 2 | **break** | past | Prince | the sad news | Helena | | day | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent news=Patient to helena=Result | | 3 | **return** | must | Prince | | | | | to Prince's parents *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | wooers's consent | | | | to Prince's marriage | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consent=Stimulus | | 5 | **consent** | | wooers *= wooer* | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **marry** | | Prince | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/13/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)