--- title: Before answering, the princess consulted her own horse as to which o… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before answering, the princess consulted her own horse as to which offer she should accept, and he advised her to side with the genius who was master of Sunlight, his own younger brother, and still more active than himself. Who acts: princess, other, genius. 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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, other, genius), 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:pg641:39:5 # text = Before answering, the princess consulted her own horse as to which offer she should accept, and he advised her to side with the genius who was master of Sunlight, his own younger brother, and still more active than himself. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Sunlight Sunlight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 amod _ _ 36 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **consult** | past | the princess | princess's own horse | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accept** | should | princess | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | other | | princess | | | with the genius and master and other's own younger brother | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | the genius and master and other's own younger brother | master | | | | of Sunlight | tree rules | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/6/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/)