--- title: Then Benjamin said: ‘Our sister is here!’ and he lifted up the tub a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Benjamin said: ‘Our sister is here!’ and he lifted up the tub and the Princess stepped forward, with her royal robes and with the golden star on her forehead, looking so lovely and sweet and charming that they all fell in love with her on the spot. Who acts: Benjamin, sister, Princess, robes. 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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 (Benjamin, sister, Princess, robes), 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:pg540:41:60 # text = Then Benjamin said: ‘Our sister is here!’ and he lifted up the tub and the Princess stepped forward, with her royal robes and with the golden star on her forehead, looking so lovely and sweet and charming that they all fell in love with her on the spot. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 forward forward ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Benjamin | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Our sister | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lift up** | past | Benjamin | the tub | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tub=Theme | | 4 | **step forward** | past | the Princess | | | | | with Princess's royal robes and the golden star on Princess's forehead; forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | lovely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **charm** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **fall** | past | robes *= robe* | | | love | | with Princess; on the spot | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/61/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)