--- title: “I am not dumb,” replied the young man, “but I am that unhappy princ… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am not dumb,” replied the young man, “but I am that unhappy prince whose faithful servant has been turned to stone, and I want to know how to help him.” Who acts: dumb. 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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 (dumb), 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:pg2435:2:102 # text = “I am not dumb,” replied the young man, “but I am that unhappy prince whose faithful servant has been turned to stone, and I want to know how to help him.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | dumb | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | dumb | the young man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | dumb | unhappy prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | unhappy prince | | stone | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | dumb | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | dumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | man | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/103/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)