--- title: They were not allowed much time for their adieus; the Rainbow vanish… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were not allowed much time for their adieus; the Rainbow vanished, and the Princess, resolved to run all risks, started off at once, taking nothing with her but her dog, her cat, a sprig of myrtle, and the stone which the wife of Locrinos gave her. Who acts: Rainbow, Princess, stone. 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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 (Rainbow, Princess, stone), 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:pg640:23:89 # text = They were not allowed much time for their adieus; the Rainbow vanished, and the Princess, resolved to run all risks, started off at once, taking nothing with her but her dog, her cat, a sprig of myrtle, and the stone which the wife of Locrinos gave her. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 adieus adieu NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Rainbow Rainbow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 risks risk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sprig sprig NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Locrinos Locrinos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive | | bottles *= bottle* | | | time | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **vanish** | past | the Rainbow | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **resolve** | past | the Princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | all risks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 5 | **start off** | past | the Rainbow *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **take** | gerund | the Rainbow *not said here* | nothing | | | | with Princess | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 7 | **give** | past | the stone | | Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/90/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)