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title: He even came to wishing himself back at the Castle of the Black Bird… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He even came to wishing himself back at the Castle of the Black Bird, for there at least he saw some living beings, whereas on board the white-paper ship he was absolutely alone, and could not imagine how he was ever to get away from his wearisome prison. Who acts: Prince. A sentence of «The Green F
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 23

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He even came to wishing himself back at the Castle of the Black Bird, for there at least he saw some living beings, whereas on board the white-paper ship he was absolutely alone, and could not imagine how he was ever to get away from his wearisome prison.

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**Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** come, wish back, see, be, not imagine · **To what, where:** Prince, Castle, living beings, least, wearisome prison · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. 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.

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**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:pg7277:37:23
# text = He even came to wishing himself back at the Castle of the Black Bird, for there at least he saw some living beings, whereas on board the white-paper ship he was absolutely alone, and could not imagine how he was ever to get away from his wearisome prison.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Castle	Castle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	obl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	det	_	_
23	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	whereas	wherea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
27	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
28	board	board	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
30	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	33	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
42	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
43	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	48	advmod	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
46	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	48	advmod	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	ccomp	_	_
49	away	away	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	wearisome	wearisome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wish back** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | Prince |  | the Castle of the Black Bird |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | past | Prince | some living beings and whereas |  | least |  | on the paper ship | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer being=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  | absolutely, alone *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **imagine** | could | Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | Prince |  |  | Prince's wearisome prison | ever | away, get *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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