--- title: The youngest Prince was much disappointed that he too was not sent o… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youngest Prince was much disappointed that he too was not sent out on his travels; but his father wouldn’t hear of his going, for he had always been looked upon as the stupid one of the family, and the King was afraid of something happening to him. Who acts: youngest Prince, father, king. 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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 (youngest Prince, father, king), 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:pg7277:52:6 # text = The youngest Prince was much disappointed that he too was not sent out on his travels; but his father wouldn’t hear of his going, for he had always been looked upon as the stupid one of the family, and the King was afraid of something happening to him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 on on SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 obl _ _ 50 happening happen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the youngest Prince | | | | | disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **send out** | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **travel** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **hear** | would | king's father | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | gerund | king | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | past · perfect · passive | | king | | | | upon the stupid one of the family; always *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | of something; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** | gerund | | | king | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/7/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)