--- title: The princess too saw and wondered, and her eyes could not weary of l… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess too saw and wondered, and her eyes could not weary of looking at the lovely things, or her fingers of stroking the rich soft stuffs, and of holding up the sparkling jewels to the light. Who acts: princess, eyes, fingers. 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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, eyes, fingers), 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:pg2435:5:81 # text = The princess too saw and wondered, and her eyes could not weary of looking at the lovely things, or her fingers of stroking the rich soft stuffs, and of holding up the sparkling jewels to the light. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 weary weary VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 stroking stroke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 stuffs stuff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **weary** | could | princess's eyes | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **look** | gerund | princess's eyes *not said here* | | | | | at the lovely things princess's fingers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at thing=Theme | | 5 | **stroke** | gerund | princess's fingers *not said here* | the rich soft stuffs | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Experiencer | | 6 | **hold up** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the sparkling jewels | | | | to the light | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jewel=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)