--- title: She soon seemed to be quite well again, and the Prince, delighted to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She soon seemed to be quite well again, and the Prince, delighted to have been able to help her, was thinking of going home to the palace, when he heard a great outcry, and, turning round, saw Celia, who was being carried against her will into the great house. Who acts: girl, 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 (girl, 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:pg503:39:136 # text = She soon seemed to be quite well again, and the Prince, delighted to have been able to help her, was thinking of going home to the palace, when he heard a great outcry, and, turning round, saw Celia, who was being carried against her will into the great house. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 18 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 xcomp _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 outcry outcry NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 parataxis _ _ 42 round round ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 Celia Celia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 49 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 parataxis _ _ 51 against against ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | girl | | | | | soon *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | again, well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive · perfect | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | girl | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the Prince | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | the palace | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **hear** | past | prince | a great outcry | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer outcry=Stimulus | | 8 | **turn round** | gerund | | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | past | prince *not said here* | Celia | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer celia=Stimulus | | 10 | **carry** | past · passive | | Celia | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/137/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)