--- title: She felt more at ease when the King came up to her, and with the gre… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She felt more at ease when the King came up to her, and with the greatest respect begged her not to run away so soon, but at least to honor him by staying for the splendid feast which was prepared for the Princes and Princesses. Who acts: She, King. 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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 (She, King), 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:pg503:32:1 # text = She felt more at ease when the King came up to her, and with the greatest respect begged her not to run away so soon, but at least to honor him by staying for the splendid feast which was prepared for the Princes and Princesses. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 honor honor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | She | more | | ease | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent more=Theme at ease=Location | | 2 | **come up** | past | the King | | her *= she* | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | She *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | with the greatest respect | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **run away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | away, soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **honor** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | King | | least | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **stay** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | for the splendid feast | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prepare** | past · passive | | the splendid feast | | | | for the Princes and Princesses | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for prince=Beneficiary | 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: [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/88/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/2/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)