--- title: At sunset, however, as no sound could be heard through the door, the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At sunset, however, as no sound could be heard through the door, the princess grew quite frightened, and made such a noise that the prince was forced to draw back the bolt and let her come in. Who acts: princess, 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, 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:pg3282:25:97 # text = At sunset, however, as no sound could be heard through the door, the princess grew quite frightened, and made such a noise that the prince was forced to draw back the bolt and let her come in. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | could · passive | | no sound | | the door | sunset | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow** | past | the princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **frighten** | participle | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **make** | past | the princess *not said here* | such noise | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **force** | past · passive | | the prince | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **draw back** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the bolt | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | the prince *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come in** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/98/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)