--- title: The Princess, who, in spite of her wilfulness, really loved her moth… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess, who, in spite of her wilfulness, really loved her mother with all her heart, was much grieved when she saw her looking so sad, and often asked her what was the matter; but the Queen, who didn’t want her to find out the truth, only said that she was ill, or that one of her neighbors was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/63/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/) / 63 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 63 The Princess, who, in spite of her wilfulness, really loved her mother with all her heart, was much grieved when she saw her looking so sad, and often asked her what was the matter; but the Queen, who didn’t want her to find out the truth, only said that she was ill, or that one of her neighbors was threatening to make war against her. **Who acts:** Princess, Queen, one · **What happens:** love, grieve, see, look, ask, be · **To what, where:** mother, Princess, matter, queen, truth, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Queen, one), 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:pg503:5:63 # text = The Princess, who, in spite of her wilfulness, really loved her mother with all her heart, was much grieved when she saw her looking so sad, and often asked her what was the matter; but the Queen, who didn’t want her to find out the truth, only said that she was ill, or that one of her neighbors was threatening to make war against her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wilfulness wilfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 often often ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 52 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 56 only only ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 63 or or CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 65 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 70 nsubj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 threatening threaten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 advcl _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 xcomp _ _ 73 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 74 against against ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | the Princess | Princess's mother | | | | with Princess's heart | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | | 2 | **grieve** | past · passive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **look** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Princess *not said here* | | Princess | | | often *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the Queen | queen | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **threaten** | past · progressive | one of queen's neighbors | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one of queen's neighbors *not said here* | war | | | | against queen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product | | 13 | **spite** | | | Princess's wilfulness | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/64/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)