--- title: This very afternoon the princess had left all her women asleep, and,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This very afternoon the princess had left all her women asleep, and, after trying in vain to amuse herself indoors, she had slipped out into the great garden, and rambled about in all her favourite nooks and corners, feeling quite safe as there was not a creature to be seen. 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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, creature), 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:pg3282:33:139 # text = This very afternoon the princess had left all her women asleep, and, after trying in vain to amuse herself indoors, she had slipped out into the great garden, and rambled about in all her favourite nooks and corners, feeling quite safe as there was not a creature to be seen. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 21 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 indoors indoors ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 rambled ramble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 nooks nook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | this afternoon | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **try** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | vain | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **amuse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | | | indoors *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 4 | **slip out** | past · perfect | princess | | | the great garden | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **ramble** | past | | | | princess's favourite nooks and corners | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nook=Trajectory | | 6 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **be** | past | a creature | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | a creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/140/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)