--- title: Then the poor Princess told her all that happened to her, and added… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the poor Princess told her all that happened to her, and added ‘I shall always be thankful to Heaven for leading me hither, and grateful to you that you took pity on me and on my baby, and did not leave us to die. Who acts: poor Princess, that, I, you. 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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 (poor Princess, that, I, you), 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:pg540:12:124 # text = Then the poor Princess told her all that happened to her, and added ‘I shall always be thankful to Heaven for leading me hither, and grateful to you that you took pity on me and on my baby, and did not leave us to die. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 hither hither ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the poor Princess | | mother | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past | that | | Princess | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the poor Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | shall | I | | Heaven | | | always, thankful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **lead** | gerund | I *not said here* | me | | | | hither *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | you | pity | | | | on me | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on i=Destination | | 7 | **not** **leave** | past · do-support | the poor Princess *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **die** | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/125/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)