--- title: Meantime the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege, who had lo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege, who had lost her husband soon after the King’s death, retired to her own house with her daughter, who grew up a lovely and most loveable girl, and both continued to mourn the loss of their dear Prince. 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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 (former governess, daughter, King), 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:pg640:22:96 # text = Meantime the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege, who had lost her husband soon after the King’s death, retired to her own house with her daughter, who grew up a lovely and most loveable girl, and both continued to mourn the loss of their dear Prince. 1 Meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 governess governess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Alphege Alphege PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 loveable loveable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 39 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege | Meantime's husband | | | after the King's death | soon *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality | | 2 | **retire** | participle | | the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege *not said here* | | | | to Meantime's own house with Meantime's daughter | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow up** | past | Meantime's daughter | a lovely girl | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **continue** | participle · passive | | both | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mourn** | to-infinitive | | the loss of husband's dear Prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus | | 6 | **die** | | the King | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/97/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/)