--- title: ‘Yes, he is the right one,’ cried the youngest Princess when she cau… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes, he is the right one,’ cried the youngest Princess when she caught sight of him; so she flung the other out of the window and held her wedding with Halvor. Who acts: Halvor, right one, 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 (Halvor, right one, 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:pg540:6:177 # text = ‘Yes, he is the right one,’ cried the youngest Princess when she caught sight of him; so she flung the other out of the window and held her wedding with Halvor. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 18 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obj _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Halvor Halvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Halvor | the right one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the right one | the youngest Princess | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 3 | **catch** | past | Princess | sight of Halvor | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 4 | **fling** | past | Princess | the other | | the window | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent other=Theme out window=Destination | | 5 | **hold** | past | Princess *not said here* | Princess's wedding | | | | with Halvor | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | | 6 | **sight** | | | Halvor | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **wed** | | Princess | | | | | with Halvor | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/178/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)