--- title: 'This is the princess Desiree,' said she, pretending to have heard n… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'This is the princess Desiree,' said she, pretending to have heard nothing, 'and I have the honour to present to you these letters from my liege lord and lady, together with the casket containing the princess' jewels.' Who acts: This, princess, I, honour. 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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 (This, princess, I, honour), 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:pg3027:23:61 # text = 'This is the princess Desiree,' said she, pretending to have heard nothing, 'and I have the honour to present to you these letters from my liege lord and lady, together with the casket containing the princess' jewels.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 Desiree Desiree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pretending pretend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 xcomp _ _ 16 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 liege liege NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 41 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pretend** | gerund | princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | to-infinitive · perfect | princess *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | present | I | the honour | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **present** | to-infinitive | the honour *not said here* | this letters | you | | | from my liege lord and lady | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to you=Recipient | | 7 | **contain** | gerund | the casket *not said here* | the princess's jewels | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jewel=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 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)