--- title: But the Princess refused to be comforted, and at night, when all the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the Princess refused to be comforted, and at night, when all the inhabitants of the palace were asleep, she stole out by a back door, disguised as a peasant woman, determined to seek for her lost happiness till she found it. Who acts: Princess, inhabitants. 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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, inhabitants), 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:pg7277:25:43 # text = But the Princess refused to be comforted, and at night, when all the inhabitants of the palace were asleep, she stole out by a back door, disguised as a peasant woman, determined to seek for her lost happiness till she found it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 disguised disguise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **comfort** | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 3 | **is** | past | all inhabitants of the palace | | | | night | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **steal out** | past | Princess | | | | | by a back door | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location | | 5 | **disguise** | participle | | a back door *not said here* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **determine** | participle | | a peasant woman *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lose** | past | Princess | happiness | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Eventuality | | 9 | **find** | past | Princess | door | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/44/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)