--- title: When the princess entered, she looked even more beautiful than she h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When the princess entered, she looked even more beautiful than she had appeared the day before, and greeted every one present most gracefully; but to John she gave her hand, and said, "Good morning to you." Who acts: princess. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 3. 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:pg27200:198:14 # text = When the princess entered, she looked even more beautiful than she had appeared the day before, and greeted every one present most gracefully; but to John she gave her hand, and said, "Good morning to you." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 before before ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | princess | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **appear** | past · perfect | princess | | | | day | before *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | princess *not said here* | every one present | | | | gracefully *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | princess | princess's hand | John | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to john=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess *not said here* | | you | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/15/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/)