--- title: The Princess gave a cry of terror on seeing the Dwarf, but this only… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess gave a cry of terror on seeing the Dwarf, but this only irritated the little monster; muttering a few magical words he summoned two giants, who bound the King with great chains of iron. Who acts: Princess, monster, two giants, terror. 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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, monster, two giants, terror), 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:pg503:7:85 # text = The Princess gave a cry of terror on seeing the Dwarf, but this only irritated the little monster; muttering a few magical words he summoned two giants, who bound the King with great chains of iron. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 on on SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 irritated irritate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 muttering mutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Princess | a cry of terror | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | the Dwarf | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dwarf=Stimulus | | 3 | **irritate** | participle · passive | | this | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer monster=Result | | 4 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | a few magical words | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 5 | **summon** | past | monster | a few magical words *not said here* | two giants | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient | | 6 | **bind** | past | two giants | the King | | | | with great chains of iron | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent king=Patient with chain=Co-Patient | | 7 | **cry** | | terror | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/86/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)