--- title: The princess was too happy in her new home to remember all that she… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was too happy in her new home to remember all that she had suffered in the old one, and she welcomed them both gladly, and gave them quantities of beautiful things to take back with them. Who acts: princess, woman. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 12, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/96/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/) / 96 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 12, sentence 96 The princess was too happy in her new home to remember all that she had suffered in the old one, and she welcomed them both gladly, and gave them quantities of beautiful things to take back with them. **Who acts:** princess, woman · **What happens:** be, remember, suffer, welcome, give, take back · **To what, where:** new home, daughter, quantities · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, woman), 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:pg3027:12:96 # text = The princess was too happy in her new home to remember all that she had suffered in the old one, and she welcomed them both gladly, and gave them quantities of beautiful things to take back with them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 both both ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 quantities quantity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | woman's new home | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **suffer** | past · perfect | woman | | | | | in the old one | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **welcome** | past | woman | daughter | | | | gladly *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | | quantities of beautiful things | daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient quantity=Theme | | 6 | **take back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with daughter | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)