--- title: Not only in their own court, but princes from afar, who were constan… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not only in their own court, but princes from afar, who were constantly arriving, attracted by the reports which were spread abroad; but these lovely girls, the first Maids of Honour, were as discreet as they were beautiful, and favoured no one. Who acts: princes, lovely girls, charms. 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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 (princes, lovely girls, charms), 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:pg7277:8:124 # text = Not only in their own court, but princes from afar, who were constantly arriving, attracted by the reports which were spread abroad; but these lovely girls, the first Maids of Honour, were as discreet as they were beautiful, and favoured no one. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 arriving arrive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 34 Maids Maid PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Honour Honour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 discreet discreet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 favoured favour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past · progressive | princes from afar | | | | | constantly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **attract** | participle | princes from afar *not said here* | | | | | by the reports | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread** | past · passive | | the reports | | | | abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | this lovely girls the first Maids of Honour | | | | | discreet *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **favour** | past | this lovely girls the first Maids of Honour *not said here* | no one | | | | | tree rules | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/125/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)