--- title: And the princess was beside herself with gladness, but when she woul… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the princess was beside herself with gladness, but when she would have put her arms round him and kissed him he held up his hand to stop her, saying, ‘Touch me not,’ at which she marvelled greatly. Who acts: princess, brother. 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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, brother), 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:pg5615:23:66 # text = And the princess was beside herself with gladness, but when she would have put her arms round him and kissed him he held up his hand to stop her, saying, ‘Touch me not,’ at which she marvelled greatly. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 beside beside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 44 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | with gladness | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | would · perfect | princess | princess's arms | | | | round brother | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | | 3 | **kiss** | past | princess *not said here* | brother | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **hold up** | past | brother | brother's hand | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme | | 5 | **stop** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality she=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **touch** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | | 8 | **marvell** | past | princess | | | | | greatly *property* | tree rules | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/67/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/)