--- title: Now the princess, who was leaning from her window, heard his words a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the princess, who was leaning from her window, heard his words and bade the messenger go back to the king her father and tell him that she had sworn a vow never to eat or drink again if the youth was taken from her. Who acts: princess, messenger, prince. 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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, messenger, prince), 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:pg3282:25:50 # text = Now the princess, who was leaning from her window, heard his words and bade the messenger go back to the king her father and tell him that she had sworn a vow never to eat or drink again if the youth was taken from her. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 8 from from 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 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | past · progressive | the princess | | | princess's window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | past | the princess | prince's words and bade | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **go back** | infinitive | the messenger | | | | | to the king *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the messenger *not said here* | | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **swear** | past · perfect | messenger | a vow | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent vow=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | again | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the youth | | | | from princess | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **word** | | prince | | | | | | nom word «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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/51/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)