--- title: The Princess joyfully mounted with him into a little sledge, drawn b… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess joyfully mounted with him into a little sledge, drawn by two stags, which bounded off and drew them swiftly to the wonderful palace, where the Queen received her with the greatest kindness, and a splendid banquet was served at once. Who acts: two stags, Queen. 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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 (two stags, Queen), 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:pg540:24:27 # text = The Princess joyfully mounted with him into a little sledge, drawn by two stags, which bounded off and drew them swiftly to the wonderful palace, where the Queen received her with the greatest kindness, and a splendid banquet was served at once. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 joyfully joyfully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 stags stag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bounded bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | participle · passive | | the Princess | | a little sledge | | with palace; joyfully *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with he=Instrument | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | a little sledge *not said here* | | | | by two stags | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bound off** | past | two stags | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **draw** | past | two stags *not said here* | stags *= stag* | | the wonderful palace | | swiftly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to palace=Destination | | 5 | **receive** | past | the Queen | Princess | | | | with the greatest kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **serve** | past · passive | | a splendid banquet | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/28/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)