--- title: At any rate, she was now all eagerness to see the mysterious strange… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At any rate, she was now all eagerness to see the mysterious stranger, and hastily throwing on her royal mantle, popped her second-best diamond crown over her night-cap, put a liberal dab of rouge upon each cheek, and holding up her largest fan before her nose--for she was not used to appearing in b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/136/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 136 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 136 At any rate, she was now all eagerness to see the mysterious stranger, and hastily throwing on her royal mantle, popped her second-best diamond crown over her night-cap, put a liberal dab of rouge upon each cheek, and holding up her largest fan before her nose--for she was not used to appearing in broad daylight--she went mincing into the great hall. **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** be, see, throw, pop, put, hold up · **To what, where:** eagerness, rate, mysterious stranger, royal mantle, second best diamond crown, night cap This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen), 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:pg7277:11:136 # text = At any rate, she was now all eagerness to see the mysterious stranger, and hastily throwing on her royal mantle, popped her second-best diamond crown over her night-cap, put a liberal dab of rouge upon each cheek, and holding up her largest fan before her nose--for she was not used to appearing in broad daylight--she went mincing into the great hall. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 eagerness eagerness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 26 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 29 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 liberal liberal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 dab dab NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 amod _ _ 52 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 53 before before ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 parataxis _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 appearing appear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 70 mincing mince VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 xcomp _ _ 71 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Queen | all eagerness | | any rate | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the mysterious stranger | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | | | | Queen's royal mantle | | hastily *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on mantle=Destination | | 4 | **pop** | past | Queen *not said here* | Queen's second best diamond crown | | Queen's night cap | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | Queen *not said here* | a liberal dab of rouge | | each cheek | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dab=Theme upon cheek=Destination | | 6 | **hold up** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | Queen's largest fan | | | before Queen's nose | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fan=Theme | | 7 | **not** **use** | past · passive | | Queen | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **appear** | gerund | | | | broad daylight | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daylight=Location | | 9 | **go** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **mince** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | the great hall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination | | 11 | **crown** | | Queen | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **dab** | | | rouge | | | | | nom dab «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/137/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)