--- title: To put the finishing touch to his misfortunes he presently found him… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To put the finishing touch to his misfortunes he presently found himself becalmed in mid-ocean, a state of affairs which would be considered trying by the most patient of men, so you may imagine how it affected Prince Vivien! Who acts: you, Prince, touch. 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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 (you, Prince, touch), 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:pg7277:37:22 # text = To put the finishing touch to his misfortunes he presently found himself becalmed in mid-ocean, a state of affairs which would be considered trying by the most patient of men, so you may imagine how it affected Prince Vivien! 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 finishing finishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 presently presently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 becalmed becalm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 mid-ocean mid-ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 29 advmod _ _ 29 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 affected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the finishing touch | | | | to Prince's misfortunes | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent touch=Goal | | 2 | **find** | past | Prince | Prince | | | | presently *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **becalm** | participle | | | | mid-ocean | | | tree rules | | 4 | **consider** | would · passive | | affairs | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | by the patient of men | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **imagine** | may | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **affect** | past | touch | Vivien Prince | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vivien=Experiencer | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/23/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)