--- title: The dishes were arranged down the centre of it, and with his usual i… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The dishes were arranged down the centre of it, and with his usual impetuosity the Prince seized the one that stood in front of him to draw it nearer, but soon found that it was firmly fixed in its place. Who acts: Prince, one. 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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, one), 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:pg7277:36:77 # text = The dishes were arranged down the centre of it, and with his usual impetuosity the Prince seized the one that stood in front of him to draw it nearer, but soon found that it was firmly fixed in its place. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 impetuosity impetuosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past · passive | | the dishes | | | | down the centre of centre | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **seize** | past | the Prince | the one | | | | with Prince's usual impetuosity | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | the one | | | front of Prince | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive | the one *not said here* | front | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **fix** | past · passive | | front | | front's place | | firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/78/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)