--- title: Frivola, who had stood by, stiff with displeasure at the sight of th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Frivola, who had stood by, stiff with displeasure at the sight of the lovely Princess, now stepped forward, and with much pretended concern proposed to carry off Potentilla to her own apartments that she might enjoy the quiet she seemed to need. Who acts: Frivola, Princess. 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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 (Frivola, 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:pg7277:11:153 # text = Frivola, who had stood by, stiff with displeasure at the sight of the lovely Princess, now stepped forward, and with much pretended concern proposed to carry off Potentilla to her own apartments that she might enjoy the quiet she seemed to need. 1 Frivola Frivola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 displeasure displeasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 stepped step VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 21 forward forward ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 concern concern NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 Potentilla potentilla NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 quiet quiet NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · perfect | Frivola | | | the sight of the lovely Princess | | by stiff; with displeasure | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stiff=Location | | 2 | **step forward** | participle | Frivola *not said here* | | | | now | with much pretended concern; forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pretend** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **propose** | participle | | much pretended concern *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | | Potentilla | | Princess's own apartments | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent potentilla=Theme to apartment=Destination | | 6 | **enjoy** | might | Princess | the quiet | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quiet=Stimulus | | 7 | **seem** | past | Princess | the quiet *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **need** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **sight** | | | the lovely Princess | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/154/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)