--- title: But as he looked one of them silently drew a white sash from her poc… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But as he looked one of them silently drew a white sash from her pocket and slipped it round her waist, and the young man sprang to her and said, ‘This is the princess, and I claim her for my wife.’ Who acts: king, young man, This, I. 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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 (king, young man, This, I), 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:pg5615:24:122 # text = But as he looked one of them silently drew a white sash from her pocket and slipped it round her waist, and the young man sprang to her and said, ‘This is the princess, and I claim her for my wife.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 silently silently ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sash sash NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | king | one of doors | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Attribute | | 2 | **draw** | past | | a white sash | | staircase's pocket | | silently *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent sash=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **slip** | past | | sash | | | | round staircase's waist | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **spring** | past | the young man | | staircase | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to she=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | This | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | I | staircase | | | | for my wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/123/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/)