--- title: After promising to come again to the Princess’s window as soon as it… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After promising to come again to the Princess’s window as soon as it was dark, he flew away, and hid himself in a little hole in the fir-tree, while Fiordelisa remained devoured by anxiety lest he should be caught in a trap, or eaten up by an eagle. Who acts: light, sun, anxiety. 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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 (light, sun, anxiety), 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:pg7277:3:66 # text = After promising to come again to the Princess’s window as soon as it was dark, he flew away, and hid himself in a little hole in the fir-tree, while Fiordelisa remained devoured by anxiety lest he should be caught in a trap, or eaten up by an eagle. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | light *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | light *not said here* | | | the Princess's window | again | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | sun | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fly away** | past | light | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | past | light *not said here* | light | | a little hole in the fir tree | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in hole=Location | | 6 | **devour** | past · passive | anxiety | Fiordelisa | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 7 | **catch** | should · passive | | light | | a trap | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **eat up** | participle | anxiety *not said here* | | | | | by a eagle | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/67/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)