--- title: “In the kingdom where we now are there lives a Princess, who is extr… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “In the kingdom where we now are there lives a Princess, who is extraordinarily clever; for she has read all the newspapers in the whole world, and has forgotten them again--so clever is she. Who acts: we, Princess. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (we, 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:pg1597:13:29 # text = “In the kingdom where we now are there lives a Princess, who is extraordinarily clever; for she has read all the newspapers in the whole world, and has forgotten them again--so clever is she. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 extraordinarily extraordinarily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 newspapers newspaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | there | now | live *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a Princess | | | | | clever, extraordinarily *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **read** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Princess | all newspapers | | the whole world | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Topic | | 4 | **forget** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Princess *not said here* | newspapers *= newspaper* | | | again | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Princess | | the kingdom | | | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/30/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)