--- title: The princess saw what was passing in his mind, and how she could mak… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess saw what was passing in his mind, and how she could make use of it to satisfy her curiosity as to the golden stairs; so she praised him and flattered him, and put cunning questions, till at length Ciccu’s head was quite turned, and he told her the whole story of the fairies and their gi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/) / 81 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 81 The princess saw what was passing in his mind, and how she could make use of it to satisfy her curiosity as to the golden stairs; so she praised him and flattered him, and put cunning questions, till at length Ciccu’s head was quite turned, and he told her the whole story of the fairies and their gifts. **Who acts:** princess, Ciccu, fairies · **What happens:** see, pass, make, satisfy, praise, flatter · **To what, where:** mind, use, curiosity, Ciccu, cunning questions, length · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, Ciccu, fairies), 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:pg5615:37:81 # text = The princess saw what was passing in his mind, and how she could make use of it to satisfy her curiosity as to the golden stairs; so she praised him and flattered him, and put cunning questions, till at length Ciccu’s head was quite turned, and he told her the whole story of the fairies and their gifts. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 27 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 flattered flatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 45 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 49 quite quite ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **pass** | past · progressive | | | | Ciccu's mind | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mind=Location | | 3 | **make** | could | princess | use of use | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product | | 4 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess's curiosity | | | | as the golden stairs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curiosity=Experiencer | | 5 | **praise** | past | princess | Ciccu | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **flatter** | past | princess *not said here* | Ciccu | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* | cunning questions | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | | 8 | **turn** | past · passive | the princess *not said here* | | | length | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: at length=Trajectory | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ciccu | the whole story of the fairies and fairies's gifts | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | | 10 | **mind** | | Ciccu | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **use** | | | use | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **gift** | | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/82/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)