--- title: ‘From what one person and another have let fall,’ he exclaimed, ‘I h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘From what one person and another have let fall,’ he exclaimed, ‘I have contrived to learn that he is in the palace of the king, who keeps him hidden lest anyone should see him; and that to-morrow he is to marry the princess, who, ugly creature that she is, has not been able to find any man to wed h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/) / 54 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 54 ‘From what one person and another have let fall,’ he exclaimed, ‘I have contrived to learn that he is in the palace of the king, who keeps him hidden lest anyone should see him; and that to-morrow he is to marry the princess, who, ugly creature that she is, has not been able to find any man to wed her.’ **Who acts:** damsel, I, king, anyone, that, princess · **What happens:** let, exclaim, contrive, learn, be, keep · **To what, where:** palace, damsel, ugly creature, man, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (damsel, I, king, anyone), 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:pg5615:25:54 # text = ‘From what one person and another have let fall,’ he exclaimed, ‘I have contrived to learn that he is in the palace of the king, who keeps him hidden lest anyone should see him; and that to-morrow he is to marry the princess, who, ugly creature that she is, has not been able to find any man to wed her.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 contrived contrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 36 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 58 that that ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 64 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 65 cop _ _ 65 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 69 det _ _ 69 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl _ _ 72 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | damsel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **contrive** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **learn** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | damsel | | | the palace | | of the king | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | present | the king | damsel | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hide** | participle | damsel *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | should | anyone | damsel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | present | that | | | | | marry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** | present | the princess | ugly creature | | | | that princess | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **is** | present · perfect | that *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **find** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | any man | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 13 | **wed** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/55/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)