--- title: The Prince had no wish to take such an insignificant bundle with him… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince had no wish to take such an insignificant bundle with him; but he didn’t like to hurt Puddocky’s feelings by refusing it, so he took up the little packet, put it in his pocket, and bade the little toad farewell. Who acts: Prince, little packet, bade. 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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, little packet, bade), 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:pg7277:29:87 # text = The Prince had no wish to take such an insignificant bundle with him; but he didn’t like to hurt Puddocky’s feelings by refusing it, so he took up the little packet, put it in his pocket, and bade the little toad farewell. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 11 det:predet _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 insignificant insignificant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 Puddocky Puddocky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 packet packet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 48 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Prince | no wish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | such insignificant bundle | | | | with Prince | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme | | 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Puddocky's feelings | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient | | 5 | **refuse** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | bundle | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **take up** | past | Prince | the little packet | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Theme | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | the little packet *not said here* | packet | | Prince's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 8 | **toad** | | bade | | | | | farewell *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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/88/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)