--- title: No sooner had he placed it in the Princess’s mouth than she opened h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner had he placed it in the Princess’s mouth than she opened her lovely eyes, and, looking up into the happy youth’s face, she kissed him tenderly, thanked him for freeing her from her magic sleep, and promised to be his wife. Who acts: dwarf, 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 (dwarf, 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:pg7277:55:66 # text = No sooner had he placed it in the Princess’s mouth than she opened her lovely eyes, and, looking up into the happy youth’s face, she kissed him tenderly, thanked him for freeing her from her magic sleep, and promised to be his wife. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 freeing free VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | dwarf | heart | | the Princess's mouth | | soon *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Destination | | 2 | **open** | past | Princess | Princess's lovely eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 3 | **look up** | gerund | dwarf *not said here* | | | | | into the happy youth's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | | 4 | **kiss** | past | Princess | dwarf | | | | tenderly *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | dwarf *not said here* | | dwarf | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **free** | gerund | dwarf *not said here* | Princess | | Princess's magic sleep | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | dwarf *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | dwarf *not said here* | dwarf's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **sleep** | | Princess | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=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/pg7277/55/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/67/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)