--- title: Then the Princess was compelled by her thirst to get down, and bendi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Princess was compelled by her thirst to get down, and bending over the flowing water she cried and said: “Oh! heaven, what am I to do?” and the three drops of blood replied: Who acts: thirst, Princess. 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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 (thirst, Princess), 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:pg503:37:17 # text = Then the Princess was compelled by her thirst to get down, and bending over the flowing water she cried and said: “Oh! heaven, what am I to do?” and the three drops of blood replied: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 bending bend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past · passive | Princess's thirst | the Princess | | | then | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **get down** | to-infinitive | Princess's thirst *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **bend** | gerund | | | | the flowing water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over water=Location | | 4 | **flow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Princess | heaven and the three drops of blood | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | blood *not said here* | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **thirst** | | Princess | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/18/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)