--- title: It was very clever of her, but unluckily the horse had warned the pr… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was very clever of her, but unluckily the horse had warned the princess what to expect, and when the house was silent, she stole very softly to the genius’s room, and exchanged his faded flowers for those she held. Who acts: sabre, house, girl. 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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 (sabre, house, girl), 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:pg641:39:11 # text = It was very clever of her, but unluckily the horse had warned the princess what to expect, and when the house was silent, she stole very softly to the genius’s room, and exchanged his faded flowers for those she held. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 unluckily unluckily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 softly softly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 exchanged exchange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 obl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sabre | | | | | of girl; clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect · passive | | the horse | the princess | | | unluckily *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **expect** | to-infinitive | | the princess | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the house | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **steal** | past | girl | | | | | to the genius's room; softly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **exchange** | past | girl *not said here* | hand's faded flowers | | | | for those | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent flower=Theme for that=Co-Theme | | 7 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **hold** | past | girl | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/12/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/)