--- title: When he had finished, the princess, who had listened attentively, ro… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had finished, the princess, who had listened attentively, rose, and taking his arm, led him to the door of another room, the floor of which was made entirely of needles, stuck so close together that there was not room for a single needle more. Who acts: prince, 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 (prince, 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:pg2435:19:15 # text = When he had finished, the princess, who had listened attentively, rose, and taking his arm, led him to the door of another room, the floor of which was made entirely of needles, stuck so close together that there was not room for a single needle more. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 attentively attentively ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 43 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | prince | the princess | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector princess=Eventuality | | 2 | **listen** | past · perfect | the princess | | | | | attentively *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rise** | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | prince's arm | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 5 | **lead** | past | the princess *not said here* | prince | | the door of another room and the floor | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to door=Destination | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | | | | | of the floor; of needles; entirely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 7 | **stick** | participle | | | | | | close, together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **not** **is a** | past | | room | | | | for a single needle | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/16/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)