--- title: As you may imagine, they were all very grateful, and Princess Placid… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As you may imagine, they were all very grateful, and Princess Placida entreated them never, never to do another stitch of work so long as they lived, and they promptly made a great bonfire in the courtyard, and solemnly burnt all the embroidery frames and spinning wheels. 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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 (you, adventures, Princess), 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:pg7277:38:93 # text = As you may imagine, they were all very grateful, and Princess Placida entreated them never, never to do another stitch of work so long as they lived, and they promptly made a great bonfire in the courtyard, and solemnly burnt all the embroidery frames and spinning wheels. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 stitch stitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 embroidery embroidery NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 frames frame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 52 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | may | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** | past | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | all, grateful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **entreat** | past | Princess | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | another stitch of work | | | | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitch=Eventuality | | 5 | **live** | past | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | adventures *= adventure* | a great bonfire | | the courtyard | | promptly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bonfire=Product | | 7 | **burnt** | participle | | all embroidery frames | | | | solemnly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **spin** | gerund | | wheels | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/94/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)