--- title: Laufer had hoped secretly that when the prince had seen the blue dre… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Laufer had hoped secretly that when the prince had seen the blue dress finished he would have let her off the other two; but when she found she was expected to fulfil the whole task, her heart sank and she began to cry loudly. Who acts: blue dress, Laufer, heart. 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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 (blue dress, Laufer, heart), 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:pg2435:23:80 # text = Laufer had hoped secretly that when the prince had seen the blue dress finished he would have let her off the other two; but when she found she was expected to fulfil the whole task, her heart sank and she began to cry loudly. 1 Laufer Laufer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hoped hope VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past · perfect · passive | | Laufer | | | | secretly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **finish** | past | the blue dress | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **let off** | would · perfect · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | Laufer | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **expect** | past · passive | | Laufer | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fulfil** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Laufer *not said here* | the whole task | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sink** | past | Laufer's heart | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **begin** | past | heart | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP 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:** «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/81/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)