--- title: The young princess having lost her father's love, grew weary of the… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The young princess having lost her father's love, grew weary of the Court, and one day, meeting with her father in the garden, she begged him, with tears in her eyes, to let her go and seek her fortune; to which the king consented, and ordered her mother-in-law to give her what she pleased. 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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 (young princess, love, princess, king), 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:pg7439:49:7 # text = The young princess having lost her father's love, grew weary of the Court, and one day, meeting with her father in the garden, she begged him, with tears in her eyes, to let her go and seek her fortune; to which the king consented, and ordered her mother-in-law to give her what she pleased. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 52 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 acl _ _ 64 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 iobj _ _ 65 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 67 nsubj _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | the young princess *not said here* | princess's father's love | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | participle | princess's father's love *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | past | the young princess | | | | day | weary *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | gerund | the young princess *not said here* | | | the garden | | with princess's father | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with father=Co-Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | princess | | king | | | with tears in princess's eyes | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **let** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess's fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 9 | **consent** | participle | | the king *not said here* | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **order** | past | the king | | princess's mother | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 11 | **give** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 12 | **love** | | princess's father | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: 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:** «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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/8/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)