--- title: She did not speak, so he drew a feather from his wing, and she behel… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She did not speak, so he drew a feather from his wing, and she beheld before her a Prince of such surpassing beauty that it was impossible not to hope that she might owe her liberty to so charming a person. Who acts: Princess, parrot. 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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, parrot), 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:pg640:20:49 # text = She did not speak, so he drew a feather from his wing, and she beheld before her a Prince of such surpassing beauty that it was impossible not to hope that she might owe her liberty to so charming a person. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 surpassing surpass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 expl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 csubj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 owe owe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Princess | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw** | past | parrot | a feather | | parrot's wing | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from wing=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **behold** | past | Princess | a Prince of such surpassing beauty | | | before mother | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 4 | **surpass** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is** | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **hope** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **owe** | might | Princess | Princess's liberty | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme | | 8 | **charm** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | a person | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/50/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)