--- title: These were the wolf’s parting words, and the Prince could not restra… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: These were the wolf’s parting words, and the Prince could not restrain his tears when he saw his friend vanishing in the distance; but one glance at his beloved mermaid soon cheered him up again, and they continued on their journey merrily. Who acts: Prince, emperor, friend, parting words. 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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 (Prince, emperor, friend, parting words), 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:pg7277:52:89 # text = These were the wolf’s parting words, and the Prince could not restrain his tears when he saw his friend vanishing in the distance; but one glance at his beloved mermaid soon cheered him up again, and they continued on their journey merrily. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 restrain restrain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 vanishing vanish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | 's this wolf | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **restrain** | could | the Prince | emperor's tears | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tear=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | past | emperor | emperor's friend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | | 4 | **vanish** | gerund | emperor's friend *not said here* | | | | | in the distance | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cheer up** | past | this wolf's parting words | emperor | | | again | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **continue** | past | princes *= prince* | | | princes's journey | | merrily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **journey** | | princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/90/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)