--- title: The princess was not well pleased, for Tom looked a different person… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was not well pleased, for Tom looked a different person with fine clothes and a nice green birredh over his long curly hair; and besides, he'd got one laugh out of her. Who acts: princess, Tom. 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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 (princess, Tom), 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:pg7885:33:46 # text = The princess was not well pleased, for Tom looked a different person with fine clothes and a nice green birredh over his long curly hair; and besides, he'd got one laugh out of her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 birredh birredh NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the princess | | | | | pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | Tom | a different person | | | | with fine clothes and a nice green birredh over Tom's long curly hair | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Attribute | | 3 | **beside** | present | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | Tom | one laugh | | | | out princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/47/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)