--- title: Now the Princess came walking past with all her ladies-in-waiting, a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Princess came walking past with all her ladies-in-waiting, and when she heard the tune she stood still and her face beamed with joy, for she also could play ‘Where is Augustus dear?’ Who acts: Princess, bird. 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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, bird), 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:pg640:43:44 # text = Now the Princess came walking past with all her ladies-in-waiting, and when she heard the tune she stood still and her face beamed with joy, for she also could play ‘Where is Augustus dear?’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 past past ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 28 beamed beam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 Augustus Augustus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Princess | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | with bird's ladies and waiting; past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | bird | the tune and bird's face | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past | bird | the tune and bird's face *not said here* | | | still | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tune=Stimulus | | 5 | **beam** | participle | | bird's face *not said here* | | | | with joy | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme | | 6 | **play** | could | bird | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | | Augustus | | | | | tree rules | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/45/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/)