--- title: Unknown to herself the Invisible Prince had followed her, but fearin… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Unknown to herself the Invisible Prince had followed her, but fearing to be discovered by the Princess in the presence of others, he made up his mind to wait quietly till dark; and employed the long hours in writing a poem to the Princess, which he laid on the bed beside her. 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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 (heart, Princess, poem), 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:pg640:16:55 # text = Unknown to herself the Invisible Prince had followed her, but fearing to be discovered by the Princess in the presence of others, he made up his mind to wait quietly till dark; and employed the long hours in writing a poem to the Princess, which he laid on the bed beside her. 1 Unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Invisible Invisible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 12 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 till till ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 appos _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 beside beside ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | the Invisible Prince | splendour | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 2 | **fear** | gerund | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess | | | the presence of others | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make up** | past | heart | heart's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **wait** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | till dark | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **employ** | past | | | | writing | hour | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lay** | past | a poem | | | the bed | | beside splendour | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bed=Destination | | 8 | **mind** | | heart | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/56/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)