--- title: When the Emperor heard from the Prince how he had gained possession… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Emperor heard from the Prince how he had gained possession of his fair prize, he at once recognized that he had been helped by some magic art, and on the spot gave up all claim to the beautiful mermaid. Who acts: Emperor, magic art. A sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The G --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/) / 75 # The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 75 When the Emperor heard from the Prince how he had gained possession of his fair prize, he at once recognized that he had been helped by some magic art, and on the spot gave up all claim to the beautiful mermaid. **Who acts:** Emperor, magic art · **What happens:** hear, gain, recognize, help, give up, possess · **To what, where:** possession, emperor, claim, beautiful mermaid, spot, fair prize · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Mermaid. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, magic art), 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:pg7277:52:75 # text = When the Emperor heard from the Prince how he had gained possession of his fair prize, he at once recognized that he had been helped by some magic art, and on the spot gave up all claim to the beautiful mermaid. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 12 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 18 conj _ _ 20 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 21 advmod _ _ 21 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Emperor | | | | | from the Prince | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source how S»: agent=Agent from prince=Source clause=Topic | | 2 | **gain** | past · perfect | emperor | possession of emperor's fair prize | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 3 | **recognize** | past | emperor | | | | | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **help** | past · perfect · passive | some magic art | emperor | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 5 | **give up** | past | emperor *not said here* | all claim | the beautiful mermaid | the spot | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to mermaid=Recipient | | 6 | **possess** | | | emperor's fair prize | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/76/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)