--- title: Then, in despair, the princess again bent down and asked if there wa… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, in despair, the princess again bent down and asked if there was nothing more to be done, and Sunlight replied ‘Quick, quick, take off the betrothal ring on the finger of Iliane and throw it behind you.’ Who acts: nothing, Sunlight. 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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 (nothing, Sunlight), 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:pg641:40:1 # text = Then, in despair, the princess again bent down and asked if there was nothing more to be done, and Sunlight replied ‘Quick, quick, take off the betrothal ring on the finger of Iliane and throw it behind you.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 nsubj _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 Sunlight Sunlight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 betrothal betrothal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Iliane Iliane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend down** | participle · passive | | the princess | | despair | then; again | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in despair=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sunlight | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take off** | infinitive | | the betrothal ring | | the finger of Iliane | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 7 | **throw** | infinitive | | ring | | | | behind you | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind you=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: [The Girl Who Pretended to Be…, 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/106/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/2/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)