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title: While she lamented in this way, and everybody was as wet as if they… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: While she lamented in this way, and everybody was as wet as if they had been dragged through a river, the Princess still thought of nothing but the ambassador, and just at this moment he appeared before her, with the King, and there was a great blowing of trumpets, and all the people shouted louder 
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 79

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While she lamented in this way, and everybody was as wet as if they had been dragged through a river, the Princess still thought of nothing but the ambassador, and just at this moment he appeared before her, with the King, and there was a great blowing of trumpets, and all the people shouted louder than ever.

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**Who acts:** Queen, everybody, Princess, thunder, King, people · **What happens:** lament, be, drag, think, appear, shout · **To what, where:** way, hams, river, moment, great blowing

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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 (Queen, everybody, Princess, thunder), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:3:79
# text = While she lamented in this way, and everybody was as wet as if they had been dragged through a river, the Princess still thought of nothing but the ambassador, and just at this moment he appeared before her, with the King, and there was a great blowing of trumpets, and all the people shouted louder than ever.
1	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lamented	lament	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	still	still	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	26	obl	_	_
29	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	just	just	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl:unmarked	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
40	before	before	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	49	expl	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	blowing	blowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	ccomp	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
57	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	59	det:predet	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nsubj	_	_
60	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
61	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	60	xcomp	_	_
62	than	than	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lament** | past | Queen |  |  | this way |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | everybody |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drag** | past · perfect · passive |  | hams *= ham* |  | a river |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Princess |  |  |  | still; moment | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **appear** | past | thunder | this moment *not said here* |  |  | before Queen |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | past | the King | a great blowing |  |  |  | of trumpets | tree rules |
| 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | all people |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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