--- title: When the poor princess found that she had been taken captive, she we… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: When the poor princess found that she had been taken captive, she wept bitterly, but the king soothed her and told her how he had fallen in love with her picture and had sailed across half the world to win her. Who acts: poor princess, princess, king. 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A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor princess, princess, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:11:37 # text = When the poor princess found that she had been taken captive, she wept bitterly, but the king soothed her and told her how he had fallen in love with her picture and had sailed across half the world to win her. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 11 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 soothed soothe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sailed sail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 37 across across ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the poor princess | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | princess | | | | captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **weep** | past | princess | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **soothe** | past | the king | princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **fall** | past · perfect | king | | | love | | with princess's picture | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 7 | **sail** | past · perfect | king *not said here* | half world | | | | across *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **win** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | 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:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. 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