--- title: Happy at having got her way, the princess decided that the first thi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Happy at having got her way, the princess decided that the first thing to be done was to find some old white-haired boyard, whose advice she could trust, and then to be very careful in choosing her horse. Who acts: princess, first thing, thing. 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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, first thing, thing), 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:pg641:38:69 # text = Happy at having got her way, the princess decided that the first thing to be done was to find some old white-haired boyard, whose advice she could trust, and then to be very careful in choosing her horse. 1 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 2 at at SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 23 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 haired haired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 boyard boyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | | sister's way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **decide** | past | the princess | sister's way *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent way=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | the first thing | | | | | find *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **trust** | could | thing | some old haired boyard's advice *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | then | careful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** | gerund | | thing's horse | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/70/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)