--- title: However, it became absolutely necessary that he should pay his respe… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, it became absolutely necessary that he should pay his respects, and he had scarcely been five minutes in her presence before it seemed to him that she combined in her own charming person all the gifts and graces which had so attracted him in the twelve Rose-maidens whose loss he had so trul --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/157/) [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 Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/) / 157 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Watch, sentence 157 However, it became absolutely necessary that he should pay his respects, and he had scarcely been five minutes in her presence before it seemed to him that she combined in her own charming person all the gifts and graces which had so attracted him in the twelve Rose-maidens whose loss he had so truly mourned; and after all it is really more satisfactory to make love to one person at a time. **Who acts:** news, Prince, tone, loss, all · **What happens:** become, pay, be, seem, combine, attract · **To what, where:** respects, five minutes, presence, joy, gifts, twelve Rose maidens This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Watch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (news, Prince, tone, loss), 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:pg7277:8:157 # text = However, it became absolutely necessary that he should pay his respects, and he had scarcely been five minutes in her presence before it seemed to him that she combined in her own charming person all the gifts and graces which had so attracted him in the twelve Rose-maidens whose loss he had so truly mourned; and after all it is really more satisfactory to make love to one person at a time. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 17 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 19 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 combined combine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 graces grace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 49 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 50 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 53 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 truly truly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 mourned mourn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 after after ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 68 nsubj _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nmod _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 66 really really ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 68 advmod _ _ 68 satisfactory satisfactory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ _ 71 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 at at ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | news | | | | | however, necessary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pay** | should | Prince | Prince's respects | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | | 3 | **is a** | participle | | five minutes | | tone's presence before news | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** | past | Prince | | joy | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **combine** | past | tone | | | | | in tone's own charming person all gifts and graces | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **attract** | past · perfect · passive | | all gifts and graces | | the twelve Rose maidens and the twelve Rose maidens and the twelve Rose maidens's loss's loss | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | Prince | the twelve Rose maidens and the twelve Rose maidens and loss's loss's loss *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **mourn** | participle | the twelve Rose maidens and the twelve Rose maidens and loss's loss's loss *not said here* | | | | | truly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | present | all | | | | | satisfactory *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | love | | | time | to one person | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset love=Product | 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/158/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)