--- title: The Princess grew white with terror when she heard these words; but… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess grew white with terror when she heard these words; but Ferko felt much more cheerful than he had done the first time, and wandered out into the meadows again, wondering how he was to get out of the difficulty. Who acts: Princess, Ferko. 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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, Ferko), 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:pg640:14:88 # text = The Princess grew white with terror when she heard these words; but Ferko felt much more cheerful than he had done the first time, and wandered out into the meadows again, wondering how he was to get out of the difficulty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 much much ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 18 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 29 out out ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 advcl _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the Princess | | | | | with terror; white *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | Princess | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | past | Ferko | | | | | cheerful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | Ferko | | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wander out** | past | Ferko *not said here* | | | the meadows | again | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into meadow=Destination | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | Ferko | | | the difficulty | | get *property* | tree rules | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/89/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)