--- title: ‘At first I was grieved to see Lolotte cry,’ resumed the Princess, ‘… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘At first I was grieved to see Lolotte cry,’ resumed the Princess, ‘but I soon found that grieving was very troublesome, so I thought it better to be calm, and very soon afterwards I saw the Fairy Mirlifiche arrive, mounted upon her great unicorn. Who acts: I, Fairy Mirlifiche. 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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 (I, Fairy Mirlifiche), 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:pg7277:37:74 # text = ‘At first I was grieved to see Lolotte cry,’ resumed the Princess, ‘but I soon found that grieving was very troublesome, so I thought it better to be calm, and very soon afterwards I saw the Fairy Mirlifiche arrive, mounted upon her great unicorn. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 At at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 Lolotte Lolotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 resumed resume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 grieving grieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Mirlifiche Mirlifiche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 arrive arrive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 unicorn unicorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | I | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | Lolotte cry | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 3 | **resume** | past | | the Princess | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | | 4 | **find** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grieve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | troublesome *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | cry | | | | good *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | past | I | | | | | afterwards *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **arrive** | present | the Fairy Mirlifiche | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **mount** | participle | the Fairy Mirlifiche *not said here* | | | | | upon Mirlifiche's great unicorn | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon unicorn=Destination | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/75/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)