--- title: Then he looked at his solemn and lugubrious neighbours, and saw that… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he looked at his solemn and lugubrious neighbours, and saw that each one was supplied with a long hollow reed through which he slowly sucked up his portion, and the Prince was obliged to do the same, though he found it a frightfully tedious process. Who acts: 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 (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:pg7277:36:78 # text = Then he looked at his solemn and lugubrious neighbours, and saw that each one was supplied with a long hollow reed through which he slowly sucked up his portion, and the Prince was obliged to do the same, though he found it a frightfully tedious process. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 6 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lugubrious lugubrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 reed reed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 sucked suck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 frightfully frightfully ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 tedious tedious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Prince | | | | then | at Prince's solemn neighbours | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at neighbour=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **supply** | past · passive | | each one | | | | with a long hollow reed | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with reed=Theme | | 4 | **suck up** | past | Prince | Prince's portion | | a long hollow reed | | slowly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent portion=Source | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | | 7 | **find** | past | Prince | portion | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme process=Attribute | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/79/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)