--- title: Weeping she came down the mountain, and weeping she joined the princ… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Weeping she came down the mountain, and weeping she joined the prince, who was awaiting her at the bottom; and when he had heard her story he comforted her, and bade her be of good courage, and to do the bidding of the giant. Who acts: mountain, weeping, prince. 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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 (mountain, weeping, prince), 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:pg5615:21:88 # text = Weeping she came down the mountain, and weeping she joined the prince, who was awaiting her at the bottom; and when he had heard her story he comforted her, and bade her be of good courage, and to do the bidding of the giant. 1 Weeping weep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | gerund | | giant | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **come down** | past | the mountain | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **join** | past | weeping | the prince | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 4 | **await** | past · progressive | the prince | giant | | the bottom | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | past · perfect | prince | giant's story | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 6 | **comfort** | past | prince | giant | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | of giant's good courage | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | the bidding of the giant | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 9 | **bid** | | | the giant | | | | | nom bidding «communication 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/89/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)