--- title: “But where IS the princess?” said the young man once more, and again… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “But where IS the princess?” said the young man once more, and again the man answered him: “She is standing under a tree, a mile away, waiting for the dragon.” Who acts: princess, man. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4, with its depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/89/) [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 Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/) / 89 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4, sentence 89 “But where IS the princess?” said the young man once more, and again the man answered him: “She is standing under a tree, a mile away, waiting for the dragon.” **Who acts:** princess, man · **What happens:** be, say, answer, stand, wait · **To what, where:** princess, lot, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, man), 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:pg3282:37:89 # text = “But where IS the princess?” said the young man once more, and again the man answered him: “She is standing under a tree, a mile away, waiting for the dragon.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 4 IS be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 27 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 parataxis _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | lot | | again | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present · progressive | princess | | | a tree a mile | | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | for the dragon | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/90/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)