--- title: The princess opened her eyes in a great fright and stared at her, an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess opened her eyes in a great fright and stared at her, and while she was doing so, the lady wrapped a shawl round the baby that was sitting in its father’s lap, and either sank through the ground with it or went up through the wide chimney. Who acts: princess, lady, baby. 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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, lady, baby), 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:pg3454:13:18 # text = The princess opened her eyes in a great fright and stared at her, and while she was doing so, the lady wrapped a shawl round the baby that was sitting in its father’s lap, and either sank through the ground with it or went up through the wide chimney. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 while while SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 shawl shawl NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 round round ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 41 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 through through ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | the princess | princess's eyes | | a great fright | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme in fright=Location | | 2 | **stare** | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | at princess | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · progressive | princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wrap** | past | the lady | a shawl | | | | round the baby | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shawl=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | the baby | | | shawl's father's lap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location | | 6 | **sink** | past | | | | the ground | | with shawl; either *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with it=Instrument | | 7 | **go up** | past | | | | the wide chimney | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/19/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)