--- title: ‘The Princess,’ said she, ‘is going to be married to-night against h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The Princess,’ said she, ‘is going to be married to-night against her will, for she has been expecting every day that the man who freed her from the spell would come.’ Who acts: Princess, man. 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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, man), 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:pg640:45:152 # text = ‘The Princess,’ said she, ‘is going to be married to-night against her will, for she has been expecting every day that the man who freed her from the spell would come.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 freed free VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | night | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **expect** | present · perfect · progressive | Princess | | | | day | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **free** | past | the man | Princess | | the spell | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 6 | **come** | would | the man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/153/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)