--- title: Helena herself had been far too moved to let her see what impression… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Helena herself had been far too moved to let her see what impression her words had made on the Prince, and when she looked round he was already far away. Who acts: Helena, impression, 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 (Helena, impression, 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:pg7277:29:33 # text = Helena herself had been far too moved to let her see what impression her words had made on the Prince, and when she looked round he was already far away. 1 Helena helena NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 13 det _ _ 13 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 round round ADP IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 already already ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Helena Helena | | | | | far, move *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | Helena Helena *not said here* | Helena | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | Helena *not said here* | what impression | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer impression=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | what impression *not said here* | Helena's words | | | | on the Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **look round** | past | Helena | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | Helena | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/34/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)