--- title: So, though it did not please him at all, the Prince took the gazelle… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, though it did not please him at all, the Prince took the gazelle in his arms, and mounted upon the back of the snail, which glided along very peaceably, entirely declining to be hurried by frequent blows from the Prince’s heels. Who acts: snail, Prince, frequent blows. 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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 (snail, Prince, frequent blows), 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:pg7277:37:59 # text = So, though it did not please him at all, the Prince took the gazelle in his arms, and mounted upon the back of the snail, which glided along very peaceably, entirely declining to be hurried by frequent blows from the Prince’s heels. 1 So so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 though though SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 glided glide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 along along ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 peaceably peaceably ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 declining decline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 frequent frequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **please** | past · do-support | snail | advice | | all | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** | past | the Prince | the gazelle | | advice's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gazelle=Value in arm=Location | | 3 | **mount** | participle | the Prince *not said here* | | | the back of the snail | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon back=Destination | | 4 | **glide** | past | the snail | | | | | along, peaceably *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **decline** | gerund | the snail *not said here* | | | | | entirely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **hurry** | to-infinitive · passive | frequent blows | | | the Prince's heels | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from heel=Trajectory | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/60/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)