--- title: But every morning the princess passed him in food through the hole,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But every morning the princess passed him in food through the hole, and every third day the king sent his secretary to climb up a ladder and look down through a little window to see if he was dead. Who acts: princess, king, crowd. 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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, king, crowd), 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:pg2435:7:64 # text = But every morning the princess passed him in food through the hole, and every third day the king sent his secretary to climb up a ladder and look down through a little window to see if he was dead. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 secretary secretary NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | the princess | crowd | | food | morning | through the hole | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in food=Destination | | 2 | **send** | past | the king | crowd's secretary | | | day | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secretary=Theme | | 3 | **climb up** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | a ladder | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ladder=Theme | | 4 | **look down** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | through a little window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | crowd | | | | | dead *property* | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)