--- title: For the first time in his life he really loved, though the object of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For the first time in his life he really loved, though the object of his devotion was not one person, but twelve, to whom he was equally attached, and even Surcantine was deceived into thinking that this was indeed the height of inconstancy. Who acts: Prince, object, this. 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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, object, 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:pg7277:8:135 # text = For the first time in his life he really loved, though the object of his devotion was not one person, but twelve, to whom he was equally attached, and even Surcantine was deceived into thinking that this was indeed the height of inconstancy. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 devotion devotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 equally equally ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 Surcantine Surcantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 38 into into SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 inconstancy inconstancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | Prince | twelve | | | time | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | the object of Prince's devotion | one person | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **attach** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | equally *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **deceive** | past · passive | | Surcantine | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | the height | | | | of inconstancy; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **devote** | | Prince | | | | | | nom devotion «feeling 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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/136/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)