--- title: One day, however, as I sat at my window I saw a handsome young princ… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, however, as I sat at my window I saw a handsome young prince, who seemed to have been hunting in the forest which surrounded my prison, and who was standing and looking up at me. Who acts: I, handsome young 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 (I, handsome young 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:pg503:24:89 # text = One day, however, as I sat at my window I saw a handsome young prince, who seemed to have been hunting in the forest which surrounded my prison, and who was standing and looking up at me. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux _ _ 24 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 xcomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | I | | | my window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | I | a handsome young prince | | | | however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | a handsome young prince | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **hunt** | to-infinitive · perfect · progressive | a handsome young prince *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 5 | **surround** | participle · passive | | the forest | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look up** | gerund | | | | | | at me | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/90/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)