--- title: The Princess obeyed in silence, and the Duchess, without looking at… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess obeyed in silence, and the Duchess, without looking at her or thanking her, scrambled up upon the beautiful horse, where she sat looking like a bundle of clothes, and eight officers had to hold her up for fear she should fall off. Who acts: Princess, duchess, eight officers. 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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, duchess, eight officers), 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:pg540:23:81 # text = The Princess obeyed in silence, and the Duchess, without looking at her or thanking her, scrambled up upon the beautiful horse, where she sat looking like a bundle of clothes, and eight officers had to hold her up for fear she should fall off. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 without without SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 thanking thank VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 scrambled scramble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | past | the Princess | the Duchess | | silence | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | at duchess | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | duchess | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **scramble up** | past | | | | | | upon the beautiful horse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon horse=Trajectory | | 5 | **sit** | past | duchess | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | gerund | duchess *not said here* | | | | | like a bundle of clothes | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | eight officers | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hold up** | to-infinitive | eight officers *not said here* | duchess | | | | for fear | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 9 | **fall off** | should | duchess | fear *not said here* | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient fear=Extent | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/82/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)