--- title: Really her one idea was to let the Princess be seen by as few people… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Really her one idea was to let the Princess be seen by as few people as possible; so, throwing a veil over her head, she led her away and locked her up securely. Who acts: one idea, few people, Princess. A sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentill --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/154/) [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/) / 154 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 154 Really her one idea was to let the Princess be seen by as few people as possible; so, throwing a veil over her head, she led her away and locked her up securely. **Who acts:** one idea, few people, Princess · **What happens:** be, see, throw, lead away, lock up · **To what, where:** veil, head, Potentilla, Princess 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 (one idea, few people, 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:pg7277:11:154 # text = Really her one idea was to let the Princess be seen by as few people as possible; so, throwing a veil over her head, she led her away and locked her up securely. 1 Really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:agent _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 securely securely ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Princess's one idea | | | | | let *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive · passive | few people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | | a veil | | Princess's head | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent veil=Theme over head=Destination | | 4 | **lead away** | past | Princess | Potentilla | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **lock up** | past | Princess *not said here* | Princess | | | | securely *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/155/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)