--- title: And he stared hard at the princess as she clapped her hands with joy… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he stared hard at the princess as she clapped her hands with joy and ran up to them, crying, ‘ Oh, do let us keep that delicious beast for to-night; it will make such a nice plaything.’ Who acts: luck, princess, us, beast. 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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 (luck, princess, us, beast), 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:pg5615:24:96 # text = And he stared hard at the princess as she clapped her hands with joy and ran up to them, crying, ‘ Oh, do let us keep that delicious beast for to-night; it will make such a nice plaything.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 41 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 44 det:predet _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 plaything plaything NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | past | luck | | | | | at the princess; hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at princess=Theme | | 2 | **clap** | past | princess | princess's hands | | | | with joy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 3 | **run up** | past | luck *not said here* | | hands *= hand* | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | luck *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | luck *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | luck *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | infinitive | us *not said here* | that delicious beast | | | night | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | | 8 | **make** | future | beast | such nice plaything | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material plaything=Product | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/)