--- title: The Princess’s surprise was great, but after what she had seen and h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess’s surprise was great, but after what she had seen and heard it was impossible not to indulge in hope, for she had recognised the likeness of herself which her mother always wore. Who acts: surprise, Princess, mother. 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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 (surprise, Princess, mother), 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:pg640:20:46 # text = The Princess’s surprise was great, but after what she had seen and heard it was impossible not to indulge in hope, for she had recognised the likeness of herself which her mother always wore. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 expl _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 indulge indulge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 csubj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 nmod _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 37 advmod _ _ 37 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Princess's surprise | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **hear** | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **indulge** | to-infinitive | | | | hope | | | tree rules | | 6 | **recognise** | past · perfect | Princess | the likeness of Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer likeness=Stimulus | | 7 | **wear** | past | Princess's mother | the likeness of Princess | | | | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent which=Source | | 8 | **surprise** | | the Princess | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/47/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)