--- title: The hope of consulting the Oracle woke him very early the next morni… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The hope of consulting the Oracle woke him very early the next morning, and his first demand was to be allowed to present himself before it, but, without replying, his attendants conducted him to a huge marble bath, very shallow at one end, and quite deep at the other, and gave him to understand tha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/80/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 80 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 80 The hope of consulting the Oracle woke him very early the next morning, and his first demand was to be allowed to present himself before it, but, without replying, his attendants conducted him to a huge marble bath, very shallow at one end, and quite deep at the other, and gave him to understand that he was to go into it. **Who acts:** hope, first demand, attendants, Prince · **What happens:** consult, wake, allow, present, reply, conduct · **To what, where:** Oracle, Prince, first demand, huge marble bath, demand This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hope, first demand, attendants, 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:pg7277:36:80 # text = The hope of consulting the Oracle woke him very early the next morning, and his first demand was to be allowed to present himself before it, but, without replying, his attendants conducted him to a huge marble bath, very shallow at one end, and quite deep at the other, and gave him to understand that he was to go into it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 consulting consult VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Oracle Oracle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 without without SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 replying reply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 quite quite ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 advcl _ _ 67 into into ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | the Oracle | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=Theme | | 2 | **wake** | past | the hope | Prince | | | morning | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **allow** | past · passive | | Prince's first demand | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince's first demand *not said here* | Prince | | | before demand | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | gerund | Prince's attendants *not said here* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **conduct** | past | Prince's attendants | Prince | | a huge marble bath | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bath=Destination | | 7 | **give** | past | the hope *not said here* | | Prince | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **understand** | to-infinitive | the hope *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | Prince | | | demand | | go *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **demand** | | Prince | | | | | | nom demand «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/81/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)