--- title: They entreated her to come in, but, seeing that she would not, left… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They entreated her to come in, but, seeing that she would not, left her, and the Prince, coming up, courteously greeted the maiden, and told her he had lost his way in the forest and was both hungry and weary. Who acts: maidens, 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 (maidens, 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:pg503:26:14 # text = They entreated her to come in, but, seeing that she would not, left her, and the Prince, coming up, courteously greeted the maiden, and told her he had lost his way in the forest and was both hungry and weary. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 24 up up ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 both both CCONJ CC _ 45 cc:preconj _ _ 45 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | past | maidens *= maiden* | youngest *= young* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come in** | to-infinitive | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | would | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **leave** | past | | youngest *= young* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **come up** | gerund | the Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | courteously, maiden *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | youngest *= young* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **lose** | past · perfect | prince | prince's way | | the forest | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 9 | **is** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/15/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)