--- title: The King’s son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King’s son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and kind speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her; so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve when she took it to be no more than el --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/74/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/) / 74 # The Blue Fairy Book, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, sentence 74 The King’s son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and kind speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her; so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve when she took it to be no more than eleven; she then rose up and fled, as nimble as a deer. **Who acts:** son, Cinderella, clock · **What happens:** be, not cease, forget, recommend, count, strike · **To what, where:** compliments, Cinderwench, godmother, Cinderella, clock, twelve This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, Cinderella, clock), 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:pg503:11:74 # text = The King’s son was always by her, and never ceased his compliments and kind speeches to her; to whom all this was so far from being tiresome that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her; so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve when she took it to be no more than eleven; she then rose up and fled, as nimble as a deer. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 tiresome tiresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 quite quite ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 recommended recommend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 obj _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 61 no no ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 64 advmod _ _ 63 than than ADP IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 64 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 68 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 69 up up ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 as as ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 nimble nimble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 xcomp _ _ 75 as as ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King's son | | | | | by Cinderella; always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **cease** | past | Cinderella | son's compliments and kind speeches | Cinderwench | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector compliment=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | past | Cinderella *not said here* | | | | | far, tiresome *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **forget** | past | Cinderella | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **recommend** | past · perfect · passive | | Cinderella's godmother | Cinderella | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to she=Recipient | | 6 | **count** | past | Cinderella *not said here* | the clock | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme | | 7 | **strike** | gerund | the clock *not said here* | twelve | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient | | 8 | **take** | past | Cinderella | clock | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is a** | to-infinitive | Cinderella *not said here* | eleven | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **rise up** | past | Cinderella | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **flee** | past | Cinderella *not said here* | | | | | nimble *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **compliment** | | son | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/75/) - ↑ back to [Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/)