--- title: Then the basket was let down again, and up went the second princess,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the basket was let down again, and up went the second princess, and then up went the youngest; but first she put her arms round her prince’s neck, and kissed him, and cried a little. Who acts: princess. 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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), 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:pg3454:11:39 # text = Then the basket was let down again, and up went the second princess, and then up went the youngest; but first she put her arms round her prince’s neck, and kissed him, and cried a little. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 basket basket 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 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 up up ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 round round ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | past · passive | | the basket | | | then; again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | | the second princess | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | | the youngest | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put** | past | princess | princess's arms | | | | round princess's prince's neck; first *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | | 5 | **kiss** | past | princess *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | princess *not said here* | a little | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/40/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)