--- title: When the Princesses saw that the clothes were those which had been t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Princesses saw that the clothes were those which had been theirs in the other world, they guessed that Prince Ivan was in this world, so they exchanged glances with each other, but they held their peace. Who acts: Princesses, clothes, Prince Ivan. 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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 (Princesses, clothes, Prince Ivan), 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:pg540:13:122 # text = When the Princesses saw that the clothes were those which had been theirs in the other world, they guessed that Prince Ivan was in this world, so they exchanged glances with each other, but they held their peace. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 nmod _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nmod _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 13 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 exchanged exchange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 glances glance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 31 obl _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Princesses | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | | those | | | | the clothes *nmod* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past · perfect · passive | | the clothes | | | | in the other world | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in world=Attribute | | 4 | **guess** | past | clothes | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince Ivan | | | this world | | | tree rules | | 6 | **exchange** | past | clothes | glances | | | | with each | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent glance=Theme with each=Co-Agent | | 7 | **hold** | past | clothes | clothes's peace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 8 | **pacify** | | clothes | | | | | | nom peace «state 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/123/) - ↑ back to [The Norka](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/)