--- title: When the princess saw that the heart of her spouse was tender, she f… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the princess saw that the heart of her spouse was tender, she fell a-kissing and caressing him, and began asking him all about the time when they were first married, and how he had been able to do her father's commands. Who acts: princess, heart, son, father. 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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, heart, son, father), 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:pg29672:26:140 # text = When the princess saw that the heart of her spouse was tender, she fell a-kissing and caressing him, and began asking him all about the time when they were first married, and how he had been able to do her father's commands. 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 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 caressing caress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 advmod _ _ 35 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 cop _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 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 | **is** | past | the heart of princess's spouse | | | | | tender *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | past | princess | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **kiss** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **caress** | gerund | princess *not said here* | son | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | | 6 | **begin** | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | princess *not said here* | | son | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **marry** | past · passive | | arms *= arm* | | | | first *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past · perfect | son | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | princess's father's commands | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | | 11 | **command** | | princess's father | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/141/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/)