--- title: "I do not know that," said the Princess; "but I know, very well, tha… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "I do not know that," said the Princess; "but I know, very well, that I am very senseless, and thence proceeds the vexation which almost kills me." Who acts: Princess, vexation. 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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, vexation), 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:pg29021:12:59 # text = "I do not know that," said the Princess; "but I know, very well, that I am very senseless, and thence proceeds the vexation which almost kills me." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 senseless senseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 thence thence ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 proceeds proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 almost almost ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Princess *= princess* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Princess *= princess* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Princess *= princess* | | | | | senseless *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **proceed** *in a quote* | present | | the vexation | | | | thence *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | the vexation | the Princess *= princess* | | | | almost *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/60/) - ↑ back to [Prince Took Up Most Carefully"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/)