--- title: Niels knew the princess again as soon as she entered the room, and w… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Niels knew the princess again as soon as she entered the room, and was greatly alarmed, for he immediately supposed that all this was a device to discover the person who had run away with the sword, the slipper and the half of the handkerchief, and that it would fare badly with him if he were discov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/) / 2 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 2 Niels knew the princess again as soon as she entered the room, and was greatly alarmed, for he immediately supposed that all this was a device to discover the person who had run away with the sword, the slipper and the half of the handkerchief, and that it would fare badly with him if he were discovered. **Who acts:** Niels, princess, this, person, room · **What happens:** know, enter, alarm, suppose, be, discover · **To what, where:** princess, room, device, person, Niels This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Niels, princess, this, person), 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:pg2435:31:2 # text = Niels knew the princess again as soon as she entered the room, and was greatly alarmed, for he immediately supposed that all this was a device to discover the person who had run away with the sword, the slipper and the half of the handkerchief, and that it would fare badly with him if he were discovered. 1 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 32 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 55 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 advmod _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Niels | the princess | | | again | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 2 | **enter** | past | princess | the room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 3 | **alarm** | past · passive | | | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **suppose** | past | Niels | | | | | immediately *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | this | all device | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **discover** | to-infinitive | Niels *not said here* | the person and the slipper and the half of the handkerchief | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic | | 7 | **run away** | past · perfect | the person and the slipper and the half of the handkerchief | | | | | with the sword; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with sword=Material | | 8 | **fare** | would | room | | | | | with Niels; badly *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **discover** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | Niels | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/3/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)