--- title: Still, he felt very awkward and lonely, for both the princess and th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Still, he felt very awkward and lonely, for both the princess and the old woman had entered the castle without taking the slightest notice of the young man, who remained where he was for some time, not quite knowing what he had better do. Who acts: king, young man. 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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 (king, young man), 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:pg5615:30:52 # text = Still, he felt very awkward and lonely, for both the princess and the old woman had entered the castle without taking the slightest notice of the young man, who remained where he was for some time, not quite knowing what he had better do. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 both both CCONJ CC _ 13 cc:preconj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 without without SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 quite quite ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 obj _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 48 do do NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | king | | | | still | awkward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **enter** | past · perfect · passive | | the old woman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | gerund | | the slightest notice of the young man | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | | for some time | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | king | better do | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **notice** | | | the young man | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/53/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)