--- title: The moment he caught sight of the Princess he recognised her as the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The moment he caught sight of the Princess he recognised her as the charming shepherdess whose picture he had seen so often in the tower, and as she was far prettier than he had remembered her, he was delighted that chance had led him that way. Who acts: moment, Prince, 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 (moment, Prince, 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:pg540:35:74 # text = The moment he caught sight of the Princess he recognised her as the charming shepherdess whose picture he had seen so often in the tower, and as she was far prettier than he had remembered her, he was delighted that chance had led him that way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 charming charming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 often often ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 parataxis _ _ 33 than than SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | the moment | sight of the Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 2 | **recognise** | past | Prince | Princess | | | | as the charming shepherdess | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as shepherdess=Attribute | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Prince | the charming shepherdess's picture *not said here* | | the tower | | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | far, pretty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **remember** | past · perfect | Prince | Princess | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | that way *obl:unmarked*; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **lead** | past · perfect · passive | | chance | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | the Princess | | | | | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/75/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)