--- title: So the Princess and the baby floated and drifted in the chest on the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Princess and the baby floated and drifted in the chest on the sea all day and night, but the baby was not afraid of the waves nor of the wind, for he did not know that they could hurt him, and he slept quite soundly. Who acts: Princess, baby, child. 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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 (Princess, baby, child), 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:pg503:27:10 # text = So the Princess and the baby floated and drifted in the chest on the sea all day and night, but the baby was not afraid of the waves nor of the wind, for he did not know that they could hurt him, and he slept quite soundly. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 floated float VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 49 quite quite ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | participle | the Princess and the baby | | | the chest on the sea | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chest=Trajectory | | 2 | **drift** | participle | the Princess and the baby *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | the baby | | | | | of the waves nor the wind; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | child | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **hurt** | could | baby | child | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 6 | **sleep** | past | child | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/11/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)