--- title: It happened that, a little before this time, the princess had been s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that, a little before this time, the princess had been sent away for her health to another remote province; and whilst she was there her old friend, the governor’s wife, had begged her to come and stay with them as soon as she could. Who acts: It, princess. 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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 (It, princess), 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:pg3282:33:120 # text = It happened that, a little before this time, the princess had been sent away for her health to another remote province; and whilst she was there her old friend, the governor’s wife, had begged her to come and stay with them as soon as she could. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 22 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 26 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advcl _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | that | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **send away** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | for princess's health; to another remote province; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · perfect · passive | | princess's old friend and the governor's wife | princess | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stay** | infinitive | | | | | | with friend; soon *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/121/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)