--- title: The Prince was very unhappy when he heard these words, and begged th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince was very unhappy when he heard these words, and begged the wolf to stay with them always; but this the good creature refused to do, though he thanked the Prince kindly for his invitation, and called out as he disappeared into the thicket, ‘Should any evil befall you, dear Prince, at any t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/88/) [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/) / 88 # The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 88 The Prince was very unhappy when he heard these words, and begged the wolf to stay with them always; but this the good creature refused to do, though he thanked the Prince kindly for his invitation, and called out as he disappeared into the thicket, ‘Should any evil befall you, dear Prince, at any time, you may rely on my friendship and gratitude.’ **Who acts:** Prince, emperor, wolf, this, evil, you · **What happens:** be, hear, beg, stay, refuse, not do · **To what, where:** words, wolf, Prince, thicket, you 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 (Prince, emperor, wolf, this), 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:pg7277:52:88 # text = The Prince was very unhappy when he heard these words, and begged the wolf to stay with them always; but this the good creature refused to do, though he thanked the Prince kindly for his invitation, and called out as he disappeared into the thicket, ‘Should any evil befall you, dear Prince, at any time, you may rely on my friendship and gratitude.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 61 at at ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 rely rely VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 68 on on ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | emperor | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | the wolf | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | with princes *= prince*; always *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | | 5 | **refuse** | past | this | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | emperor | | the Prince | | | for emperor's invitation; kindly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent prince=Theme for invitation=Attribute | | 8 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **disappear** | past | emperor | | | the thicket | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **befall** | should | any evil | you | | | | dear Prince *obl* | tree rules | | 11 | **rely** | may | you | | | | time | on my friendship and gratitude | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on friendship=Theme | | 12 | **invite** | | emperor | | | | | | nom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/89/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)