--- title: The loss of the Princess, however, kept rankling in his mind day and… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The loss of the Princess, however, kept rankling in his mind day and night, till finally he thought he would go about the world to see if he could find anyone to give him news of her. Who acts: loss. 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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 (loss), 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:pg640:45:92 # text = The loss of the Princess, however, kept rankling in his mind day and night, till finally he thought he would go about the world to see if he could find anyone to give him news of her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 rankling rankle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 finally finally ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the loss of the Princess | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rankle** | gerund | the loss of the Princess *not said here* | | | | day | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | loss | | | | | finally *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** | would | loss | | | | | about the world | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about world=Location | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | loss *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | loss | anyone | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Topic | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | loss *not said here* | news of Princess | loss | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient news=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/93/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)