--- title: The Princess climbed up one of the silver chains, holding in her han… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess climbed up one of the silver chains, holding in her hand the little porter who, in spite of his minute size, opened a secret door with his golden key and let her in. Who acts: Princess, little porter. 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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, little porter), 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:pg640:24:21 # text = The Princess climbed up one of the silver chains, holding in her hand the little porter who, in spite of his minute size, opened a secret door with his golden key and let her in. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past | the Princess | one of the silver chains | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location one=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | the little porter | | Princess's hand | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent porter=Theme in hand=Location | | 3 | **open** | past | the little porter | a secret door | | | | with spite's golden key | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with key=Instrument | | 4 | **let in** | infinitive | the little porter *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **spite** | | | spite's minute size | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/22/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)