--- title: So the princess was summoned, and, somewhat to their surprise, she s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the princess was summoned, and, somewhat to their surprise, she seemed to take the news very calmly; next Nur Mahomed was informed, and he was greatly startled, but of course he could but be delighted at the great and unexpected honour which he thought the king had done him. 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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, great honour, king, hands), 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:pg3282:33:177 # text = So the princess was summoned, and, somewhat to their surprise, she seemed to take the news very calmly; next Nur Mahomed was informed, and he was greatly startled, but of course he could but be delighted at the great and unexpected honour which he thought the king had done him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 startled startle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 37 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 fixed _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 delighted delight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past · passive | | the princess | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **seem** | past | princess | hands's surprise *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | the news | | | | calmly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · passive | | hands's surprise | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **startle** | past · passive | | Nur | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **delight** | infinitive · passive | | | | the great honour | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the great honour | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect | the king | Nur | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 9 | **surprise** | | hands *= hand* | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/178/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)