--- title: As for the princess, no one troubled himself about her, and she pass… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for the princess, no one troubled himself about her, and she passed the days alone in her apartments, for she had absolutely declined the services of the ladies-in-waiting whom the king had appointed for her. Who acts: one, princess, ladies, king. 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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 (one, princess, ladies, king), 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:pg3454:4:13 # text = As for the princess, no one troubled himself about her, and she passed the days alone in her apartments, for she had absolutely declined the services of the ladies-in-waiting whom the king had appointed for her. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 troubled trouble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 alone alone ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 declined decline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 parataxis _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trouble** | past | no one | prince | | | | as the princess; about princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 2 | **pass** | past | princess | | | princess's apartments | day | alone *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in apartment=Location | | 3 | **decline** | past · perfect | princess | the services of the ladies | | | | absolutely *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | the ladies *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **appoint** | past · perfect | the king | | | | | for princess | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **service** | | | the ladies | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/14/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)