--- title: No cauldron was to be seen there, but on a bench someone was seated… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No cauldron was to be seen there, but on a bench someone was seated who was like a king’s daughter, but, whosoever she was, she was so beautiful that never in the Prince’s life had he seen her equal. Who acts: fire, life, Prince. 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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 (fire, life, Prince), 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:pg503:17:21 # text = No cauldron was to be seen there, but on a bench someone was seated who was like a king’s daughter, but, whosoever she was, she was so beautiful that never in the Prince’s life had he seen her equal. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 compound:prt _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 xcomp _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see whosoever** | past · passive | | no cauldron | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **seat** | past · passive | | someone | | a bench | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | like a king's daughter | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | fire | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | the Prince's life | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | participle | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/22/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)