--- title: The Prince or some one else might very easily catch sight of her, th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince or some one else might very easily catch sight of her, they said, and then both she and they would suffer for it; but Kari said that they had something else to do than to look at her, and she never ceased begging until she got leave to go. Who acts: Prince, stairs, both, Kari. 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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 (Prince, stairs, both, Kari), 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:pg540:30:62 # text = The Prince or some one else might very easily catch sight of her, they said, and then both she and they would suffer for it; but Kari said that they had something else to do than to look at her, and she never ceased begging until she got leave to go. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 else else ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 easily easily ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Kari Kari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 else else ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 49 begging beg VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 xcomp _ _ 50 until until SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 53 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | might | the Prince | sight of Kari | | | | easily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stairs *= stair* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **suffer** | would | both | | | | | for sight | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kari | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | stairs *= stair* | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | stairs *= stair* *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | stairs *= stair* *not said here* | | | | | at Kari | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 8 | **not** **cease** | past | Kari | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | Kari *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | past | Kari | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **leave** | infinitive | Kari *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **go** | to-infinitive | Kari *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **sight** | | | Kari | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/63/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)