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title: She told him then that she was a princess whom the witch had stolen,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: She told him then that she was a princess whom the witch had stolen, and had changed to this shape, but with his kiss she had got her human form again; and if he would be faithful to her, and take her to wife, she could free them both from the witch’s power. Who acts: witch, prince. A sentence of «T
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 25

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She told him then that she was a princess whom the witch had stolen, and had changed to this shape, but with his kiss she had got her human form again; and if he would be faithful to her, and take her to wife, she could free them both from the witch’s power.

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**Who acts:** witch, prince · **What happens:** tell, be, steal, change, get, take · **To what, where:** prince, princess, witch, human form · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:26:25
# text = She told him then that she was a princess whom the witch had stolen, and had changed to this shape, but with his kiss she had got her human form again; and if he would be faithful to her, and take her to wife, she could free them both from the witch’s power.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
30	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
31	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
33	again	again	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
36	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
38	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	cop	_	_
40	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
53	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obl	_	_
54	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	53	appos	_	_
55	from	from	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	’s	's	PART	POS	_	57	case	_	_
59	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | witch |  | prince |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | witch | a princess |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the witch |  |  |  | a princess *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **change** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | to this shape *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to shape=Result |
| 5 | **get** | past · perfect | witch | witch's human form |  |  | again | with prince's kiss | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus |
| 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | prince |  | witch |  |  | faithful *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **take** | infinitive |  |  | witch |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
| 8 | **kiss** |  | prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **form** |  | witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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