--- title: As soon as the King left, the Princess retired to her dressing-room,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the King left, the Princess retired to her dressing-room, the parrot flew after her and overheard her lamentations at the continued persecutions of the King, who had pressed her to consent to their marriage. Who acts: King, Princess, parrot, continued persecutions. 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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, Princess, parrot, continued persecutions), 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:pg640:20:41 # text = As soon as the King left, the Princess retired to her dressing-room, the parrot flew after her and overheard her lamentations at the continued persecutions of the King, who had pressed her to consent to their marriage. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 retired retire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dressing dressing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 overheard overhear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 lamentations lamentation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 persecutions persecution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the King | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **retire** | past | the Princess | | | | | to Princess's dressing room | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fly** | past | the parrot | | | | after Princess | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **overhear** | past | the parrot *not said here* | Princess's lamentations | | the continued persecutions of the King | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamentation=Stimulus | | 5 | **continue** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **press** | past · perfect | the continued persecutions of the King | Princess | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result | | 7 | **consent** | to-infinitive | the continued persecutions of the King *not said here* | | | | | to persecutions's marriage | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme | | 8 | **lament** | | Princess | | | | | | nom lamentation «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **persecute** | | | the King | | | | | nom persecution «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **marry** | | persecutions *= persecution* | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/42/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)