--- title: The princess was not at all pleased when she heard the maiden’s repl… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was not at all pleased when she heard the maiden’s reply, but, as she could not do without the dress, she was forced to give in, and contented herself with thinking that after all it did not matter much. Who acts: princess, it, maiden. 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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, it, maiden), 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:pg5615:25:83 # text = The princess was not at all pleased when she heard the maiden’s reply, but, as she could not do without the dress, she was forced to give in, and contented herself with thinking that after all it did not matter much. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 7 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 23 without without ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 contented content VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 with with SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 obl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 46 much much ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the princess | | | all | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | princess | the maiden's reply | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reply=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **do** | could | princess | | | | | without the dress | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **force** | past · passive | | princess | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give in** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **content** | past | the princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **not** **matter** | past · do-support | it | | | | after all | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **reply** | | the maiden | | | | | | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/84/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)