--- title: Sometimes, however, the princess would pretend to go to sleep, and t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes, however, the princess would pretend to go to sleep, and then, after all her women had gladly followed her example, she would get up and go out by herself, her veil hanging loosely about her. Who acts: princess, veil. 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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, veil), 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:pg3282:33:137 # text = Sometimes, however, the princess would pretend to go to sleep, and then, after all her women had gladly followed her example, she would get up and go out by herself, her veil hanging loosely about her. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 33 out out ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 39 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 loosely loosely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | would | the princess | | | | | however, sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | princess's women | | | then | gladly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme example=Attribute | | 4 | **get up** | would | princess | princess's veil | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go out** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | by princess; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hang** | gerund | princess's veil *not said here* | | | | | about princess; loosely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about she=Location | | 7 | **exemplify** | | princess | | | | | | nom example «cognition 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/138/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)