--- title: No sooner had she reached her room than the Princess exclaimed, ‘Now… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner had she reached her room than the Princess exclaimed, ‘Now let us see what these fine plums can add to my beauty,’ and throwing off her hood, she picked up a couple and ate them. Who acts: curiosity, Princess, us, fine plums. 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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 (curiosity, Princess, us, fine plums), 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:pg7277:22:286 # text = No sooner had she reached her room than the Princess exclaimed, ‘Now let us see what these fine plums can add to my beauty,’ and throwing off her hood, she picked up a couple and ate them. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 plums plum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 31 off off ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | curiosity | curiosity's room | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | can | this fine plums | | | | | to my beauty | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to beauty=Co-Patient | | 6 | **throw off** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | curiosity's hood | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hood=Theme | | 7 | **pick up** | past | curiosity | a couple | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Topic | | 8 | **eat** | past | curiosity *not said here* | food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 285](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/285/) - next →: [sentence 287](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/287/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)