--- title: At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in, for sh… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in, for she had never seen one before; but the Prince spoke to her so kindly, and told her at once that his heart had been so touched by her singing, that he felt he should know no peace of mind till he had seen her. 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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 (man, witch, Prince, singing), 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:pg540:41:135 # text = At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in, for she had never seen one before; but the Prince spoke to her so kindly, and told her at once that his heart had been so touched by her singing, that he felt he should know no peace of mind till he had seen her. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 Rapunzel Rapunzel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 19 before before ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 till till SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | Rapunzel | | | | terribly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **come in** | past | a man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | witch | one | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Prince | | witch | | | kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | witch | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **touch** | past · perfect · passive | witch's singing | Prince's heart | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 7 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **know** | should | Prince | no peace of mind | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | past · perfect | Prince | witch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 10 | **sing** | | witch | | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **pacify** | | | mind | | | | | nom peace «state 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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/136/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)