--- title: For it cannot be denied that Prince Mirliflor was a desperate flirt,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For it cannot be denied that Prince Mirliflor was a desperate flirt, and as fickle as the wind; so much so, that by the time he arrived at his eighteenth birthday there was not a heart left for him to conquer in his father’s kingdom--they were all his own, and he was tired of everyone! 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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 (Mirliflor, Prince, fairies), 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:pg7277:8:130 # text = For it cannot be denied that Prince Mirliflor was a desperate flirt, and as fickle as the wind; so much so, that by the time he arrived at his eighteenth birthday there was not a heart left for him to conquer in his father’s kingdom--they were all his own, and he was tired of everyone! 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 denied deny VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 Mirliflor Mirliflor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 flirt flirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 fickle fickle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eighteenth eighteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 56 det:predet _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **deny** | can · passive | | heart | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | past | Mirliflor Prince | a desperate flirt | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Mirliflor Prince *not said here* | | | | | as the wind | tree rules | | 4 | **arrive** | past | Prince | | | Prince's eighteenth birthday | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | participle | | a heart *not said here* | | | | for Prince | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient | | 6 | **conquer** | to-infinitive | | | | Prince's father's kingdom | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | of everyone; tired *property* | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/131/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)