--- title: Precisely at nine o’clock came the Princess in the carriage with fou… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Precisely at nine o’clock came the Princess in the carriage with four horses, and asked the lad if his master had got up yet; but he said ‘No, he was asleep, just as he was the day before.’ Who acts: Princess, master, lad. 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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, master, lad), 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:pg640:45:80 # text = Precisely at nine o’clock came the Princess in the carriage with four horses, and asked the lad if his master had got up yet; but he said ‘No, he was asleep, just as he was the day before.’ 1 Precisely precisely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 o’clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 yet yet ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 43 before before ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Princess | | | nine o’clock | | in the carriage; with four horses; precisely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at o'clock=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | the lad | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **get up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | lad's master | | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | lad | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | lad | | | | as the day | before *property* | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/81/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)