--- title: "Why, you--my pretty, my dear," said Elfin, "and as for the Princess… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "Why, you--my pretty, my dear," said Elfin, "and as for the Princess, his cousin--forgive me, dearest heart, but when I asked for her I hadn't seen the real Princess, the _only_ Princess, _my_ Princess." Who acts: Elfin. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon], with its d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/181/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/) / [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/) / 181 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 181 "Why, you--my pretty, my dear," said Elfin, "and as for the Princess, his cousin--forgive me, dearest heart, but when I asked for her I hadn't seen the real Princess, the \_only\_ Princess, \_my\_ Princess." **Who acts:** Elfin · **What happens:** say, forgive, ask, not see · **To what, where:** Elfin, real Princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Elfin), 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:pg23661:13:181 # text = "Why, you--my pretty, my dear," said Elfin, "and as for the Princess, his cousin--forgive me, dearest heart, but when I asked for her I hadn't seen the real Princess, the _only_ Princess, _my_ Princess." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Elfin Elfin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ _ 55 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elfin and the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **forgive** *in a quote* | infinitive | Elfin and the Princess *not said here* | Elfin and the Princess *= elfin* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | Elfin and the Princess *= elfin* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Elfin and the Princess *= elfin* | the real Princess and the \_ Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=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:** «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/182/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)