--- title: The princess felt much afraid, as he was so big and ugly, and began… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess felt much afraid, as he was so big and ugly, and began to be sorry that she had not stayed within reach of help; but as there was no use in disobeying the giant, she walked meekly behind. Who acts: princess, giant, use. 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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, giant, use), 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:pg3282:28:18 # text = The princess felt much afraid, as he was so big and ugly, and began to be sorry that she had not stayed within reach of help; but as there was no use in disobeying the giant, she walked meekly behind. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 within within ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 36 in in SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 disobeying disobey VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 meekly meekly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 behind behind ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the princess | | | | | afraid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | giant | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | giant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **stay** | past · perfect | princess | | | | | within reach of help | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | the princess *not said here* | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **disobey** | gerund | no use *not said here* | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **walk** | past | princess | | | | | behind *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)