--- title: The youngest princess ordered a grand elephant to be ready for her t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The youngest princess ordered a grand elephant to be ready for her the next morning, and when the morning came, and all was ready, she dressed herself in the most lovely clothes, and put on her beautiful jewels; then she mounted her elephant, which was painted blue. 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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 (youngest princess, morning, all, princess), 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:pg7128:23:120 # text = The youngest princess ordered a grand elephant to be ready for her the next morning, and when the morning came, and all was ready, she dressed herself in the most lovely clothes, and put on her beautiful jewels; then she mounted her elephant, which was painted blue. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 34 advmod _ _ 34 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the youngest princess | | a grand elephant | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the youngest princess *not said here* | | | | morning | for princess; ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the morning | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | all | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **dress** | past | princess | princess | | the lovely clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 6 | **put** | participle | princess *not said here* | | | princess's beautiful jewels | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on jewel=Destination | | 7 | **mount** | past | princess | princess's elephant | | | then | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Patient | | 8 | **paint** | past · passive | | princess's elephant | | | | blue *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/121/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)