--- title: So the Princess had nothing left to put on but the little white froc… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Princess had nothing left to put on but the little white frock she had been wearing the day before; and dressed in that, she went down when the time of the King’s arrival came, and sat in a corner hoping to escape notice. Who acts: Princess, time, King. 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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, time, King), 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:pg7277:2:24 # text = So the Princess had nothing left to put on but the little white frock she had been wearing the day before; and dressed in that, she went down when the time of the King’s arrival came, and sat in a corner hoping to escape notice. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux _ _ 18 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 before before ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Princess | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **put on** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wear** | past · perfect · progressive | Princess | the little white frock *not said here* | | | day | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent frock=Theme | | 5 | **dress** | participle | the Princess *not said here* | | | that | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go down** | past | Princess | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **come** | past | the time of the King's arrival | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | a corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 9 | **hope** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | notice | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme notice=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **arrive** | | the King | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/25/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)