--- title: But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonis… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, and standing at the head of her bed. Who acts: princess. 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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), 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:pg2591:13:38 # text = But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, and standing at the head of her bed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 31 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the princess | | | | morning | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | instead the frog and a handsome prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **gaze** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | on princess; with the beautiful eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on she=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | princess | the beautiful eyes *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | the head of princess's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at head=Location | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/39/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)