--- title: Then the Princess gave them splendid presents, or rather sat by whil… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Princess gave them splendid presents, or rather sat by while Prince Vivien gave them, and there were great rejoicings in the Green Castle, and everyone did his best to please the Prince and Princess. Who acts: Princess, Vivien, great rejoicings, everyone. 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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 (Princess, Vivien, great rejoicings, everyone), 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:pg7277:38:94 # text = Then the Princess gave them splendid presents, or rather sat by while Prince Vivien gave them, and there were great rejoicings in the Green Castle, and everyone did his best to please the Prince and Princess. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 rather rather ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 rejoicings rejoicing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Green Green ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 31 nsubj _ _ 31 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Princess | splendid presents | adventures *= adventure* | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient present=Theme | | 2 | **sit by** | participle | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | past | Vivien Prince | | adventures *= adventure* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | great rejoicings in the Green Castle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | everyone | Vivien's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 6 | **please** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | the Prince and Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prince=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/95/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)