--- title: Do not let her out of your sight,' said Tulip to the queen, 'and mea… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Do not let her out of your sight,' said Tulip to the queen, 'and meanwhile, let her portrait be painted and carried to the neighbouring Courts, as is the custom in order that the kings may see how far her beauty exceeds that of every other princess, and that they may demand her in marriage for their --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/80/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/) / 80 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 80 Do not let her out of your sight,' said Tulip to the queen, 'and meanwhile, let her portrait be painted and carried to the neighbouring Courts, as is the custom in order that the kings may see how far her beauty exceeds that of every other princess, and that they may demand her in marriage for their sons.' **Who acts:** Tulip, kings, beauty, king, your, princess · **What happens:** not let, say, let, paint, carry, be · **To what, where:** princess, sight, portrait, neighbouring Courts, order, custom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tulip, kings, beauty, king), 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:pg3027:22:80 # text = Do not let her out of your sight,' said Tulip to the queen, 'and meanwhile, let her portrait be painted and carried to the neighbouring Courts, as is the custom in order that the kings may see how far her beauty exceeds that of every other princess, and that they may demand her in marriage for their sons.' 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Tulip Tulip PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 neighbouring neighbouring NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 45 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | infinitive · do-support | | princess | | your sight | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tulip | | | | | to the queen | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to queen=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | Tulip *not said here* | | | | | meanwhile *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **paint** | infinitive · passive | | princess's portrait | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **carry** | participle | | | | the neighbouring Courts | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to court=Destination | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | order | | as the custom | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | may | the kings | the custom *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **exceed** | present | princess's beauty | that | | | | far *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 9 | **demand** *speech: request* | may | king | princess | | marriage | | for king's sons | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Precondition | | 10 | **sight** | | your | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **portray** | | princess | | | | | | nom portrait «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:** «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)