--- title: The princess, his wife, although she had got her husband by a trick,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess, his wife, although she had got her husband by a trick, found that she could not trick HIM, and so she never tried, but busied herself in teaching her children and scolding her maids. Who acts: princess. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/191/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 191 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 191 The princess, his wife, although she had got her husband by a trick, found that she could not trick HIM, and so she never tried, but busied herself in teaching her children and scolding her maids. **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** get, find, not trick, not try, busy, teach · **To what, where:** husband, Nur, princess, children, maids This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg3282:33:191 # text = The princess, his wife, although she had got her husband by a trick, found that she could not trick HIM, and so she never tried, but busied herself in teaching her children and scolding her maids. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 although although SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 HIM he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 busied busy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 teaching teach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 scolding scold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · perfect | princess | princess's husband | | | | by a trick | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | | 2 | **find** | past | the princess and Nur's wife | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **trick** | could | princess | Nur | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **not** **try** | past | princess | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **busy** | past | the princess and Nur's wife *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | the princess and Nur's wife *not said here* | | princess's children | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | | 7 | **scold** | gerund | the princess and Nur's wife *not said here* | princess's maids | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=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 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/190/) - next →: [sentence 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/192/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)