The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 34

After that he went a step further and began to have long talks with the Princess--still, however, keeping himself invisible, until she begged him so earnestly to appear to her that he could no longer resist, and after making her promise that, no matter what he was like, she would still love him, he drew the ring from his finger, and the Princess saw with delight that he was as handsome as he was agreeable.

Who acts: Narcissus, Princess · What happens: go, begin, have, keep, beg, appear · To what, where: step, long talks, Narcissus, Princess, promise

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Narcissus, Princess), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 that	case
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 went	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 step	det
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl:unmarked
7	further	further	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 began	cc
9	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 have	mark
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 began	xcomp
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 talks	amod
13	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 have	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 Princess	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 talks	nmod
17	--	--	PUNCT	_	18 still	punct
18	still	still	ADV	_	11 have	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 keeping	punct
20	however	however	ADV	_	22 keeping	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 keeping	punct
22	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 went	advcl
23	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 keeping	obj
24	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 keeping	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 begged	punct
26	until	until	SCONJ	_	28 begged	mark
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 begged	nsubj
28	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 keeping	conj
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 begged	obj
30	so	so	ADV	_	31 earnestly	advmod
31	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	_	28 begged	advmod
32	to	to	PART	_	33 appear	mark
33	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 begged	advcl
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 her	case
35	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 appear	obl
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 resist	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 resist	nsubj
38	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 resist	aux
39	no	no	ADV	_	40 longer	advmod
40	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	41 resist	advmod
41	resist	resist	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 appear	advcl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 making	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 making	cc
44	after	after	SCONJ	_	45 making	mark
45	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 went	advcl
46	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 promise	nmod:poss
47	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 making	obj
48	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 drew	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 matter	punct
50	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	51 matter	det
51	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 drew	ccomp
52	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	60 love	obj
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 love	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 love	cop
55	like	like	INTJ	_	60 love	discourse
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 like	punct
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 love	nsubj
58	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 love	aux
59	still	still	ADV	_	60 love	advmod
60	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 matter	acl
61	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 love	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 matter	punct
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 drew	nsubj
64	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 promise	acl:relcl
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 ring	det
66	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 drew	obj
67	from	from	ADP	_	69 finger	case
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 finger	nmod:poss
69	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 ring	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 saw	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 saw	cc
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Princess	det
73	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 saw	nsubj
74	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
75	with	with	ADP	_	76 delight	case
76	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 saw	obl
77	that	that	SCONJ	_	81 handsome	mark
78	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 handsome	nsubj
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 handsome	cop
80	as	as	ADV	_	81 handsome	advmod
81	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 saw	xcomp
82	as	as	SCONJ	_	85 agreeable	mark
83	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 agreeable	nsubj
84	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 agreeable	cop
85	agreeable	agreeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 handsome	advcl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Narcissus	a step		after that	further property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	begin	past	Narcissus not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	have	to-infinitive	Narcissus not said here	long talks		still	with the Princess	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient
4	keep	gerund	Narcissus not said here	Narcissus			however, invisible property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
5	beg speech: request	past	Princess		Narcissus		earnestly property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
6	appear	to-infinitive	Princess not said here		Princess			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	resist	could	Narcissus				long property	tree rules
8	make	gerund	Narcissus not said here	Princess's promise				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product
9	is	would · past	Narcissus			still	love property	tree rules
10	draw	past	Narcissus	Princess's promise				vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary ring=Result
11	see	past	the Princess				with delight	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	is	past	Narcissus				handsome property	tree rules
13	is	past	Narcissus				agreeable property	tree rules
14	promise		Princess					nom promise «communication 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.

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