--- title: The Princess, quite astonished, looked round, and saw a big pitcher… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess, quite astonished, looked round, and saw a big pitcher full of milk, but before she could raise it to her lips the thought of how thirsty Fanfaronade must be, after eating at least fifteen pounds of honey, made her run back to him and say: Who acts: 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 (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:pg540:4:104 # text = The Princess, quite astonished, looked round, and saw a big pitcher full of milk, but before she could raise it to her lips the thought of how thirsty Fanfaronade must be, after eating at least fifteen pounds of honey, made her run back to him and say: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 round round ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 nmod _ _ 41 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look round** | participle | | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | | a big pitcher | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pitcher=Stimulus | | 3 | **raise** | could | Princess | pitcher | | Princess's lips | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lip=Destination | | 4 | **eat** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | fifteen pounds of honey | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run back** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **think** | | | thirsty Fanfaronade | | | | | nom thought «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. - 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