--- title: On the last day, Graciosa, who had often felt anxious to know what w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the last day, Graciosa, who had often felt anxious to know what was going on in her father’s palace, said to Percinet that she was sure that he could find out for her, if he would, what reason the Queen had given her father for her sudden disappearance. Who acts: Graciosa, Princess, palace. 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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 (Graciosa, Princess, palace), 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:pg540:24:36 # text = On the last day, Graciosa, who had often felt anxious to know what was going on in her father’s palace, said to Percinet that she was sure that he could find out for her, if he would, what reason the Queen had given her father for her sudden disappearance. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 often often ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 18 on on ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Percinet Percinet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 iobj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past · perfect | Graciosa | | | | | anxious, often *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | Graciosa *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | Princess's father's palace | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Percinet | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to percinet=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find out** | could | palace | | | | | for Princess | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | | Princess's father | | | for Princess's sudden disappearance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient father=Theme for disappearance=Asset | | 8 | **disappear** | | Princess | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/37/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)