--- title: She shrieked, and clung tightly to the saddle, but it was all in vai… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She shrieked, and clung tightly to the saddle, but it was all in vain; she longed to fly, but something outside herself proved too strong for her, and she was forced to take the path that led to the House of Dead Leaves. Who acts: princess, saddle, something, path. 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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, saddle, something, path), 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:pg5615:30:101 # text = She shrieked, and clung tightly to the saddle, but it was all in vain; she longed to fly, but something outside herself proved too strong for her, and she was forced to take the path that led to the House of Dead Leaves. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 clung cling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 25 outside outside ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 nmod _ _ 27 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 too too ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 Dead Dead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past | princess | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **cling** | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | to the saddle; tightly *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to saddle=Co-Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | saddle | | | | | all, vain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **long** | past | princess | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **fly** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prove** | past | something | | | | | strong *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **force** | past · passive | | princess | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | the path | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme | | 9 | **lead** | past | the path | | | | | to the House of Dead Leaves | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to house=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/100/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)