--- title: Now whilst all this was going on, the young Princess in that castle,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now whilst all this was going on, the young Princess in that castle, seeing that one of the King of England's sons had been there by the changing of the watch and other things, got herself ready with a large army, and sailed off for England. Who acts: this, one King, young Princess. 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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 (this, one King, young 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg14241:27:94 # text = Now whilst all this was going on, the young Princess in that castle, seeing that one of the King of England's sons had been there by the changing of the watch and other things, got herself ready with a large army, and sailed off for England. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 nmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advcl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 changing changing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 40 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | this | | | | now | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | the one King | | | | | of England's sons; by the changing of the watch and other things; there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past | the young Princess in that castle *not said here* | England | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | | 5 | **sail off** | past | the young Princess in that castle *not said here* | | | | | for England | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/95/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)