--- title: Then the Princess told how she had knelt down and prayed out of the… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Princess told how she had knelt down and prayed out of the prayer-book while the King's son slew the Dragon, and how the wicked coachman had made her swear twelve times to that which was false. Who acts: Princess, son, wicked coachman, that. 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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, son, wicked coachman, that), 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:pg29672:22:49 # text = Then the Princess told how she had knelt down and prayed out of the prayer-book while the King's son slew the Dragon, and how the wicked coachman had made her swear twelve times to that which was false. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **kneel down** | past · perfect · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **pray** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | the prayer book | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **slay** | past | the King's son | the Dragon | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the wicked coachman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **swear** | infinitive | the wicked coachman *not said here* | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | that | | | | | false *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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/50/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)