--- title: They were immensely surprised at her appearance, but her charming fa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were immensely surprised at her appearance, but her charming face, and the deplorably ragged condition to which the thorns and briers had reduced her once elegant attire, speedily won their compassion; they recognised her as a companion in misfortune, and the Queen welcomed her heartily, and be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/36/) [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 Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 36 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 36 They were immensely surprised at her appearance, but her charming face, and the deplorably ragged condition to which the thorns and briers had reduced her once elegant attire, speedily won their compassion; they recognised her as a companion in misfortune, and the Queen welcomed her heartily, and begged her to share their simple repast. **Who acts:** thorns, difficulties, Queen · **What happens:** surprise, reduce, win, recognise, welcome, beg · **To what, where:** difficulties, appearance, Princess, ragged condition, compassion, heartily This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thorns, difficulties, 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:pg7277:12:36 # text = They were immensely surprised at her appearance, but her charming face, and the deplorably ragged condition to which the thorns and briers had reduced her once elegant attire, speedily won their compassion; they recognised her as a companion in misfortune, and the Queen welcomed her heartily, and begged her to share their simple repast. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 immensely immensely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 charming charming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 deplorably deplorably ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 briers brier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 advmod _ _ 29 elegant elegant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | past · passive | | difficulties *= difficulty* | | Princess's appearance | | Princess's charming face *obl*; immensely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **reduce** | past · perfect | the thorns and briers | Princess | | the ragged condition | | elegant attire *obl:unmarked* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Patient to which=Goal | | 3 | **win** | past | the thorns and briers *not said here* | difficulties's compassion | | | | speedily *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Eventuality | | 4 | **recognise** | past | difficulties *= difficulty* | Princess | | | | as a companion in misfortune | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as companion=Attribute | | 5 | **welcome** | past | the Queen | Queen's heartily | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heartily=Theme | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | difficulties *= difficulty* *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | difficulties *= difficulty* *not said here* | difficulties's simple repast | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg7277/12/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/37/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)