--- title: When she had been dressed by the four-and-twenty maidens in a charmi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she had been dressed by the four-and-twenty maidens in a charming robe which the Queen had sent for her, and in which she looked prettier than ever, Prince Percinet came to see her, and was bitterly disappointed when she told him what she had been thinking. 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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 (Queen, Princess, Percinet), 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:pg540:24:33 # text = When she had been dressed by the four-and-twenty maidens in a charming robe which the Queen had sent for her, and in which she looked prettier than ever, Prince Percinet came to see her, and was bitterly disappointed when she told him what she had been thinking. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:desc _ _ 36 Percinet Percinet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 54 obj _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 aux _ _ 54 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · perfect · passive | | Princess | | | | by the four | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **send** | past · perfect | the Queen | a charming robe | | | | for Princess | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | Princess | | | | | pretty *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Percinet Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | Percinet Prince *not said here* | Percinet | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Percinet Prince *not said here* | | | | | bitterly, disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · progressive | Princess | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/34/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)