--- title: The princess was ready first, but scarcely had she slipped over the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was ready first, but scarcely had she slipped over the rim of the pool when down—down—down she sank, and vanished in its depths before her frightened playmates could seize her by so much as a lock of her floating golden hair! Who acts: princess, frightened playmates. 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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, frightened playmates), 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:pg3282:31:18 # text = The princess was ready first, but scarcely had she slipped over the rim of the pool when down—down—down she sank, and vanished in its depths before her frightened playmates could seize her by so much as a lock of her floating golden hair! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 down down ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 before before SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 playmates playmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 amod _ _ 48 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | first, ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | | | | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **slip** | past | princess | | | the rim of the pool | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **sink** | past | princess | | | | | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **vanish** | past | princess *not said here* | | | pool's depths | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **seize** | could | princess's frightened playmates | princess | | | | by much as a lock of princess's floating golden hair | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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/pg3282/31/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)