--- title: Then she told everything that had happened to her, and how, because… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she told everything that had happened to her, and how, because she had exceeded her permission only to speak three words, the stove had disappeared with the Prince; and how she had searched a very long time, and must wander over mountain and valley till she found him. Who acts: princess, stove. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Iron Stove(7)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/) / 56 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Iron Stove(7), sentence 56 Then she told everything that had happened to her, and how, because she had exceeded her permission only to speak three words, the stove had disappeared with the Prince; and how she had searched a very long time, and must wander over mountain and valley till she found him. **Who acts:** princess, stove · **What happens:** tell, happen, exceed, speak, disappear, search · **To what, where:** everything, princess, three words, mountain, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Iron Stove(7). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, stove), 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:pg640:8:56 # text = Then she told everything that had happened to her, and how, because she had exceeded her permission only to speak three words, the stove had disappeared with the Prince; and how she had searched a very long time, and must wander over mountain and valley till she found him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 exceeded exceed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 appos _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 wander wander VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 47 over over ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 till till SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | princess | everything | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | princess | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **exceed** | past · perfect · passive | | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | three words | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **disappear** | past · perfect | the stove | | | | | with the Prince | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **search** | past · perfect | princess | | | | time | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wander** | must | | mountain and valley | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mountain=Trajectory | | 8 | **find** | past | princess | prince | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 9 | **permit** | | princess | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/57/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Stove(7)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/)