--- title: Although she was half stifled from her confinement in the chest, the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Although she was half stifled from her confinement in the chest, the princess speedily revived, and, when she was able to sit up, the prince began to question her as to who she was and how she came to be shut up in the chest and set afloat upon the water; and she, blushing and trembling to find hers --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/1/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/) / 1 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 1 Although she was half stifled from her confinement in the chest, the princess speedily revived, and, when she was able to sit up, the prince began to question her as to who she was and how she came to be shut up in the chest and set afloat upon the water; and she, blushing and trembling to find herself in the presence of so many strangers, told him that she was the princess of Rahmatabad, and that she had been put into the chest by her own father. **Who acts:** princess, prince, own father, her · **What happens:** stifle, revive, be, sit up, begin, question · **To what, where:** she, confinement, princess, chest, presence, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, prince, own father, her), 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:pg3454:5:1 # text = Although she was half stifled from her confinement in the chest, the princess speedily revived, and, when she was able to sit up, the prince began to question her as to who she was and how she came to be shut up in the chest and set afloat upon the water; and she, blushing and trembling to find herself in the presence of so many strangers, told him that she was the princess of Rahmatabad, and that she had been put into the chest by her own father. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 advmod _ _ 5 stifled stifle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 question question VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 ccomp _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 52 afloat afloat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 blushing blush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 64 obj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 so so ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 74 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 75 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 iobj _ _ 76 that that SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 77 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 78 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 ccomp _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 Rahmatabad Rahmatabad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 85 that that SCONJ IN _ 89 mark _ _ 86 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 87 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 88 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 89 aux:pass _ _ 89 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 acl _ _ 90 into into ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 92 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ _ 93 by by ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 94 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 96 nmod:poss _ _ 95 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 96 amod _ _ 96 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stifle** | past · passive | | she | | her confinement in the chest | | half *property* | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **revive** | past | the princess | | | | | speedily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit up** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | past | princess | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **shut up** | to-infinitive · passive | princess *not said here* | | | the chest | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP» | | 9 | **set** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | afloat *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **blush** | gerund | princess | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tremble** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **find** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | the presence of many strangers | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 13 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 14 | **is a** | past | princess | the princess | | | | of Rahmatabad | tree rules | | 15 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | princess's own father | princess | | the chest | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal | | 16 | **confine** | | her *= she* | | | the chest | | | nom confinement «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/83/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/2/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)