--- title: The Princess had been named Mayblossom, because she was as fresh and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess had been named Mayblossom, because she was as fresh and blooming as Spring itself, and she grew up tall and beautiful, and everything she did and said was charming. Who acts: Princess, everything. 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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, everything), 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:pg540:3:31 # text = The Princess had been named Mayblossom, because she was as fresh and blooming as Spring itself, and she grew up tall and beautiful, and everything she did and said was charming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 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 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 Mayblossom Mayblossom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 nsubj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | past · perfect · passive | | the Princess | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | fresh *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bloom** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grow up** | past | Princess | | | | | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **charm** | past · progressive | everything | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/32/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)