--- title: Prince Vivien said that, for his part, he had been kept a great deal… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Vivien said that, for his part, he had been kept a great deal too still, and had not found it at all amusing, and then he recounted all his adventures with breathless rapidity. Who acts: Vivien. 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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 (Vivien), 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:pg7277:38:90 # text = Prince Vivien said that, for his part, he had been kept a great deal too still, and had not found it at all amusing, and then he recounted all his adventures with breathless rapidity. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 for for 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 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obl _ _ 27 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 recounted recount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 breathless breathless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 rapidity rapidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Vivien Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | Vivien | | | still | for Vivien's part | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme deal=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **find** | past · perfect | Vivien Prince *not said here* | deal | | | | amusing *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | Vivien | Vivien's adventures | | | then | with breathless rapidity | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent adventure=Topic | | 5 | **adventure** | | Vivien | | | | | with breathless rapidity | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/91/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)