--- title: The hump-backed princess, perceiving that her sister had been so luc… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The hump-backed princess, perceiving that her sister had been so lucky in seeking her fortune, wanted to do the same; so she told her mother, and all preparations were made, and she was furnished with rich dresses, and with sugar, almonds, and sweetmeats, in great quantities, and a large bottle of M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/) / 37 # English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, sentence 37 The hump-backed princess, perceiving that her sister had been so lucky in seeking her fortune, wanted to do the same; so she told her mother, and all preparations were made, and she was furnished with rich dresses, and with sugar, almonds, and sweetmeats, in great quantities, and a large bottle of Malaga sack. **Who acts:** backed princess, sister, princess · **What happens:** back, perceive, be, seek, want, do · **To what, where:** fortune, same, mother, preparations, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Three Heads of the Well. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (backed princess, sister, 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:pg7439:49:37 # text = The hump-backed princess, perceiving that her sister had been so lucky in seeking her fortune, wanted to do the same; so she told her mother, and all preparations were made, and she was furnished with rich dresses, and with sugar, almonds, and sweetmeats, in great quantities, and a large bottle of Malaga sack. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 hump hump NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 backed back VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 perceiving perceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 15 in in SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 almonds almond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 sweetmeats sweetmeat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 quantities quantity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 Malaga Malaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **back** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **perceive** | gerund | the backed princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | princess's sister | | | | | lucky *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | princess's sister *not said here* | princess's fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 5 | **want** | past | princess's sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess's sister *not said here* | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | princess's mother | | | with sugar and almonds and sweetmeats and great quantities and a large bottle of Malaga sack | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **make** | past · passive | | all preparations | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 9 | **furnish** | past · passive | | princess | | | | with rich dresses | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with dress=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/38/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)