--- title: And directly the princess beheld him her heart was set on him, and s… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And directly the princess beheld him her heart was set on him, and she begged him to stay with her, and in return promised that he should never grow old, neither should his beauty fade. Who acts: princess, maid. 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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, maid), 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:pg5615:3:81 # text = And directly the princess beheld him her heart was set on him, and she begged him to stay with her, and in return promised that he should never grow old, neither should his beauty fade. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 directly directly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 26 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 38 cc:preconj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 fade fade NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the princess | maid | | | | maid's beauty fade *obl*; directly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | past · passive | | princess's heart | | | | on maid | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on he=Destination | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | princess | | maid | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | with princess | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the princess *not said here* | | | return | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **grow** | should | maid | | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fade** | | maid | | | | | | nom fade «act intransitive»: 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/82/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/)