--- title: The Princess Cabbage-Stalk was immensely astonished at this unjust p… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess Cabbage-Stalk was immensely astonished at this unjust proceeding, and sent many messages of remonstrance to King Grumpy, but he was in such a temper that no one dared to deliver them, or to send the letters which the Princess wrote to her father. Who acts: King, one, Princess. 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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 (King, one, Princess), 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:pg540:35:16 # text = The Princess Cabbage-Stalk was immensely astonished at this unjust proceeding, and sent many messages of remonstrance to King Grumpy, but he was in such a temper that no one dared to deliver them, or to send the letters which the Princess wrote to her father. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Stalk Stalk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 immensely immensely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 proceeding proceeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 remonstrance remonstrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Grumpy Grumpy PROPN NNP _ 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **astonish** | past · passive | | the Princess Cabbage | | this unjust proceeding | | immensely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **send** | past | | many messages of remonstrance to Grumpy King | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | such temper | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dare** | past | no one | such temper | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent that=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | messages *= message* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **send** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | the letters | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 7 | **write** | past | the Princess | the letters | Princess's father | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Topic to father=Recipient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/17/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)