--- title: The princess sat in a rose-red room, and when she saw the brothers c… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess sat in a rose-red room, and when she saw the brothers coming near she called her nurse and other women, and told them to inquire who and what these people were, and what they wanted. Who acts: princess, brothers, people. 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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 (princess, brothers, people), 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:pg2435:5:73 # text = The princess sat in a rose-red room, and when she saw the brothers coming near she called her nurse and other women, and told them to inquire who and what these people were, and what they wanted. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 near near ADP IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 conj _ _ 35 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 parataxis _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the princess | | | a red room | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | princess | the brothers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | past | princess | princess's nurse and other women | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the princess *not said here* | | nurse | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **inquire** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent who=Recipient | | 7 | **want** | past | people | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/74/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)