--- title: However, as she did not know this, she lived in hope of soon going b… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, as she did not know this, she lived in hope of soon going back to her own country, and tried to amuse herself as well as she could until the time should come. Who acts: Princess, hope, time. 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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, hope, time), 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:pg540:35:17 # text = However, as she did not know this, she lived in hope of soon going back to her own country, and tried to amuse herself as well as she could until the time should come. 1 However however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 26 advmod _ _ 29 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 fixed _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Princess | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **live** | past | Princess | | | hope | | however *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hope=Location | | 3 | **go back** | gerund | hope *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **try** | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **amuse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 6 | **come** | should | the time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/18/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)