--- title: One promised that she should be perfectly beautiful, the second that… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One promised that she should be perfectly beautiful, the second that she should understand anything—no matter what—the first time it was explained to her, the third that she should sing like a nightingale, the fourth that she should succeed in everything she undertook, and the fifth was opening her --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/) / 21 # The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 21 One promised that she should be perfectly beautiful, the second that she should understand anything—no matter what—the first time it was explained to her, the third that she should sing like a nightingale, the fourth that she should succeed in everything she undertook, and the fifth was opening her mouth to speak when a tremendous rumbling was heard in the chimney, and Carabosse, all covered with soot, came rolling down, crying: **Who acts:** One, Queen, fifth · **What happens:** promise, be, understand, explain, sing, succeed · **To what, where:** anything, five, Queen, everything, mouth, tremendous rumbling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, Queen, fifth), 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:pg540:3:21 # text = One promised that she should be perfectly beautiful, the second that she should understand anything—no matter what—the first time it was explained to her, the third that she should sing like a nightingale, the fourth that she should succeed in everything she undertook, and the fifth was opening her mouth to speak when a tremendous rumbling was heard in the chimney, and Carabosse, all covered with soot, came rolling down, crying: 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 explained explain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 appos _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 amod _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 46 obl _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 fifth fifth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 61 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 advcl _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 72 Carabosse Carabosse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 75 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 76 with with ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 soot soot NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 80 rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 79 advcl _ _ 81 down down ADP RP _ 80 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 83 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | One | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | should | Queen | | | | | beautiful, perfectly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **understand** | should | Queen | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | five | Queen | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to she=Recipient | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | should | Queen | | | | | like a nightingale | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 6 | **succeed** | should | Queen | | | everything | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in everything=Eventuality | | 7 | **undertake** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **open** | past · progressive | the fifth | Queen's mouth | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the fifth *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **hear** | past · passive | | a tremendous rumbling | | the chimney | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 11 | **cover** | participle · passive | | Carabosse | | | | with soot | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with soot=Theme | | 12 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **roll down** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/20/) - 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