--- title: And then the Princess saw how she dressed up a log of wood and had i… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And then the Princess saw how she dressed up a log of wood and had it buried, and how the old King cried, and all the people murmured that the Queen had killed Graciosa with her cruelties, and that she ought to have her head cut off. Who acts: Princess, log, old King, people. 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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, log, old King, people), 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:pg540:24:43 # text = And then the Princess saw how she dressed up a log of wood and had it buried, and how the old King cried, and all the people murmured that the Queen had killed Graciosa with her cruelties, and that she ought to have her head cut off. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 36 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 cruelties cruelty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Princess | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **dress up** | past | Princess | a log of wood | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | the Princess *not said here* | log | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bury** | participle | log *not said here* | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the old King | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | all people | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **kill** | past · perfect | the Queen | Graciosa | | | | with Princess's cruelties | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent graciosa=Patient with cruelty=Instrument | | 8 | **have** | ought | Princess | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cut off** | past | Princess's head | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/44/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)