--- title: The Princess stayed where she was, dreaming of her delightful Prince… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess stayed where she was, dreaming of her delightful Prince, and nothing could have been further from her thoughts than any trouble or misfortune, when suddenly, in a cloud of dust and shavings, by came the enchanter Grumedan, and unluckily he chanced to catch sight of Potentilla. 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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 (Princess, Prince), 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:pg7277:11:36 # text = The Princess stayed where she was, dreaming of her delightful Prince, and nothing could have been further from her thoughts than any trouble or misfortune, when suddenly, in a cloud of dust and shavings, by came the enchanter Grumedan, and unluckily he chanced to catch sight of Potentilla. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 17 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 19 further further ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 shavings shaving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 Grumedan Grumedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 unluckily unluckily ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dream** | past · progressive | Princess | | | | | of Princess's delightful Prince | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | participle | | | | Princess's thoughts and a cloud of dust and shavings | | than any trouble or misfortune; further *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | | the enchanter | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location enchanter=Theme | | 6 | **chance** | past | Prince | | | | | unluckily *property* | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | sight of Potentilla | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 8 | **cloud** | | | dust | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **sight** | | | Potentilla | | | | | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/37/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)