--- title: When Prince Fickle heard her voice it seemed to him to remind him of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Prince Fickle heard her voice it seemed to him to remind him of something, but of what he couldn’t remember, for he hadn’t heard the words distinctly, as Helena had only spoken them very low and with a shaky voice. Who acts: Prince, it. 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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, it), 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:pg7277:29:32 # text = When Prince Fickle heard her voice it seemed to him to remind him of something, but of what he couldn’t remember, for he hadn’t heard the words distinctly, as Helena had only spoken them very low and with a shaky voice. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Fickle Fickle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 Helena Helena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 shaky shaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Prince | Helena's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **seem** | past | it | | Prince | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | Prince | | | of something | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of something=Topic | | 4 | **not** **remember** | could | Prince | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect | Prince | the words | | | | distinctly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | Helena | | | | low *property* | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/33/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)