--- title: Then, having promised to ask her son about the Princess’s husband, s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, having promised to ask her son about the Princess’s husband, she hid her in the cellar, so that the Sun might notice nothing on his return home, for he was always in a bad temper when he came in at night. Who acts: mother, Sun. 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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 (mother, Sun), 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:pg540:12:135 # text = Then, having promised to ask her son about the Princess’s husband, she hid her in the cellar, so that the Sun might notice nothing on his return home, for he was always in a bad temper when he came in at night. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 37 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund · perfect | | | | | then | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | mother's son | | | about the Princess's husband | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Recipient about husband=Topic | | 3 | **hide** | past | mother | Princess | | the cellar | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in cellar=Location | | 4 | **notice** | might | the Sun | nothing | | Sun's return | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | Sun | | | | | for a bad temper; always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** | past | Sun | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **return** | | Sun | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/136/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)