--- title: As she was wondering what she should do next the king’s son came rid… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As she was wondering what she should do next the king’s son came riding by, and, seeing Elsa, sprang from his horse, and took her by the hand, sawing, ‘Ah! it was a happy chance that brought me here this morning. Who acts: Elsa, wondering, hand, happy chance. 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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 (Elsa, wondering, hand, happy chance), 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:pg641:2:178 # text = As she was wondering what she should do next the king’s son came riding by, and, seeing Elsa, sprang from his horse, and took her by the hand, sawing, ‘Ah! it was a happy chance that brought me here this morning. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 csubj _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 next next ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 Elsa Elsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 sprang spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 sawing saw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Elsa | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | should | Elsa | | | | | the king's son *vocative*; next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **come** | past | wondering | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ride by** | gerund | wondering *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | gerund | wondering *not said here* | Elsa | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elsa=Stimulus | | 6 | **spring** | gerund | wondering *not said here* | | | | | from King's horse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horse=Trajectory | | 7 | **take** | past | wondering *not said here* | | Elsa | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 8 | **saw** | gerund | wondering *not said here* | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | past | hand | a happy chance | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **bring** | past | a happy chance | | me | here | morning | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/177/) - next →: [sentence 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/179/) - ↑ back to [A Tale of the Tontlawald](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/)