--- title: The Princess lost no time in offering it the carbuncle box, which it… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess lost no time in offering it the carbuncle box, which it grasped in its talons, and instantly disappeared, leaving in its place the most beautiful Prince she had ever seen, who was splendidly dressed, and wore a diamond crown. Who acts: Princess, time, carbuncle box. 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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, time, carbuncle box), 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:pg540:35:55 # text = The Princess lost no time in offering it the carbuncle box, which it grasped in its talons, and instantly disappeared, leaving in its place the most beautiful Prince she had ever seen, who was splendidly dressed, and wore a diamond crown. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 offering offer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 carbuncle carbuncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 talons talon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 30 advmod _ _ 30 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 advmod _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 splendidly splendidly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 diamond diamond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the Princess | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **offer** | gerund | no time *not said here* | Eagle | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal box=Theme | | 3 | **grasp** | past | the carbuncle box | | | Eagle's talons | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **disappear** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | instantly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | in Eagle's place *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Result | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | Princess | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **dress** | past · passive | | | | | | splendidly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **wear** | past | | a diamond crown | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/56/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)