--- title: Having thanked the old woman with tears in her eyes for her hospital… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having thanked the old woman with tears in her eyes for her hospitality, and for the good news she had given her, the Princess set out on her journey and rested neither night nor day, so great was her longing to see her husband again. Who acts: mother, Princess. 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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, Princess), 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:pg540:12:155 # text = Having thanked the old woman with tears in her eyes for her hospitality, and for the good news she had given her, the Princess set out on her journey and rested neither night nor day, so great was her longing to see her husband again. 1 Having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in 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 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hospitality hospitality NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund · perfect | | | the old woman | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect | mother | woman | | | | for the good news | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme for news=Asset | | 3 | **set out** | past | the Princess | | | mother's journey | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rest** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | | night | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | | mother's great longing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | mother's husband | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | | 7 | **journey** | | mother | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/156/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)