--- title: Although the Princess was very unhappy at leaving her husband, she d… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Although the Princess was very unhappy at leaving her husband, she did not like to refuse the invitation, and, promising to return in seven days at the latest, she took a tender farewell of the Prince, and said: ‘Before I go I will hand you over all the keys of the castle. Who acts: Princess, I. 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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, I), 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:pg640:31:18 # text = Although the Princess was very unhappy at leaving her husband, she did not like to refuse the invitation, and, promising to return in seven days at the latest, she took a tender farewell of the Prince, and said: ‘Before I go I will hand you over all the keys of the castle. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Before before SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 over over ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 56 det:predet _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | although the Princess; unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | | Princess's husband | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **refuse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | the invitation | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the latest | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | Princess | a tender farewell of the Prince | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farewell=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** | present | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **hand** | future | I | you | | all keys of the castle | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/19/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)