--- title: In vain did the Prince represent to her that he was famished--that f… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In vain did the Prince represent to her that he was famished--that fifty-four peas would go no way towards satisfying his hunger--that a few peas, more or less, surely could not matter. Who acts: vain, that, fire. 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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 (vain, that, fire), 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:pg7277:36:47 # text = In vain did the Prince represent to her that he was famished--that fifty-four peas would go no way towards satisfying his hunger--that a few peas, more or less, surely could not matter. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 represent represent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 famished famish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 15 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 towards towards SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 satisfying satisfy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 surely surely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 matter matter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | vain | the Prince represent | woman | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent represent=Eventuality | | 2 | **famish** | past · passive | | fire | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | would | that | no way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **satisfy** | gerund | that *not said here* | fire's hunger | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **matter** | could | | | | | | surely *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **hunger** | | fire | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/48/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)