--- title: However, at last the spy, who had never taken her eyes off the Princ… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, at last the spy, who had never taken her eyes off the Princess day or night, was so overcome with weariness that she fell into a deep sleep, and as son as the Princess saw that, she flew to open her window and cried softly: Who acts: last spy, she, Princess. 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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 (last spy, she, 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:pg7277:4:1 # text = However, at last the spy, who had never taken her eyes off the Princess day or night, was so overcome with weariness that she fell into a deep sleep, and as son as the Princess saw that, she flew to open her window and cried softly: 1 However however ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 off off ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 overcome overcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 weariness weariness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 51 softly softly ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · perfect | the last spy | her eyes | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | the last spy | | with weariness; however, overcome *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | past | she | | | | | into a deep sleep *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result | | 4 | **see** | past | she *not said here* | that | | | | as son as the Princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus as son=Attribute | | 5 | **fly** | past | Princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **open** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | Princess's window | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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: [The Blue Bird, part 2, 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/118/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/2/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)