--- title: Now, when the Princess was left alone she began to weep and moan in… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when the Princess was left alone she began to weep and moan in a way that was pitiful to hear; but when she saw that her tears and groans did her no good, she got up, determined to go wherever fate should lead her. Who acts: Princess, way, tears, fate. 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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, way, tears, fate), 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:pg540:12:113 # text = Now, when the Princess was left alone she began to weep and moan in a way that was pitiful to hear; but when she saw that her tears and groans did her no good, she got up, determined to go wherever fate should lead her. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 8 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 moan moan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 pitiful pitiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 groans groan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 46 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | the Princess | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | Princess | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **weep** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **moan** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | in a way | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | a way | | | | | pitiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | a way *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **see** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **groan** | present | Princess's tears *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** | past | Princess's tears | Princess's good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 10 | **get up** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **determine** | participle | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **go** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **lead** | should | fate | Princess | | | | wherever *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/114/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)