--- title: “Indeed, sire,” said the prince, “I was myself much annoyed at their… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed, sire,” said the prince, “I was myself much annoyed at their destruction; but my servant had begged to direct everything on the journey and I had promised him that he should do so. Who acts: sire, servant, prince. 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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 (sire, servant, prince), 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:pg2435:2:43 # text = “Indeed, sire,” said the prince, “I was myself much annoyed at their destruction; but my servant had begged to direct everything on the journey and I had promised him that he should do so. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 conj _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 direct direct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sire | the prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | sire *not said here* | sire | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | my servant | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **direct** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | my servant *not said here* | everything | | the journey | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent everything=Theme on journey=Eventuality | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | sire | servant | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | should | sire | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **destroy** *in a quote* | | prince | | | | | | nom destruction «act 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:** «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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/44/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)