--- title: 'Well,' she said, 'I will not cause the princess's death, as I had m… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Well,' she said, 'I will not cause the princess's death, as I had meant to do, but at the same time she will have to bear the punishment of her mother's fault, as many other children have done before her. Who acts: queen, I, princess, mother. 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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 (queen, I, princess, mother), 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:pg3027:22:72 # text = 'Well,' she said, 'I will not cause the princess's death, as I had meant to do, but at the same time she will have to bear the punishment of her mother's fault, as many other children have done before her. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 49 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **cause** | future | I | the princess's death | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | past · perfect | I | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | future | queen | | | | time | | tree rules | | 6 | **bear** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | the punishment of queen's mother's fault | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punishment=Patient | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | | many other children | | | before queen | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **die** | | the princess | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **punish** | | | queen's mother's fault | | | | | nom punishment «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **fault** | | queen's mother | | | | | | nom fault «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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)