--- title: The Princess asked Prince Peerless, as he knew the country better th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess asked Prince Peerless, as he knew the country better than she did, to tell her of some peasant who would give her a lodging, and he said he knew of an old woman whose cottage would be the very place for her, it was so nice and so pretty. Who acts: Princess, Prince, peasant, cottage. 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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, Prince, peasant, cottage), 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:pg540:35:76 # text = The Princess asked Prince Peerless, as he knew the country better than she did, to tell her of some peasant who would give her a lodging, and he said he knew of an old woman whose cottage would be the very place for her, it was so nice and so pretty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Peerless Peerless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 13 than than SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 acl:relcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Princess | Peerless Prince | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | past | Prince | the country | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | Princess | | | of some peasant | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **give** | would | some peasant | a lodging | Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient lodging=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **know** | past | Prince | | | | | of a old woman | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of woman=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | would | the place's cottage | the place | | | | for Princess | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | cottage | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/77/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)