--- title: 'Oh, let us go in them for a sail!' cried the princess, who had long… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Oh, let us go in them for a sail!' cried the princess, who had long ago left her game of ball for a sight of these marvels, and, as she was bent upon it, the ambassadors, who had been charged never to lose sight of her, were obliged to go also, though they never entered a boat if they could help it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/) / 89 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 89 'Oh, let us go in them for a sail!' cried the princess, who had long ago left her game of ball for a sight of these marvels, and, as she was bent upon it, the ambassadors, who had been charged never to lose sight of her, were obliged to go also, though they never entered a boat if they could help it. **Who acts:** us, princess, boats · **What happens:** let, go, cry, leave, bend, charge · **To what, where:** us, princess, game, sight, ambassadors, boat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (us, princess, boats), 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:pg3027:28:89 # text = 'Oh, let us go in them for a sail!' cried the princess, who had long ago left her game of ball for a sight of these marvels, and, as she was bent upon it, the ambassadors, who had been charged never to lose sight of her, were obliged to go also, though they never entered a boat if they could help it. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 ago ago ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 50 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 57 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 also also ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 though though SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 if if SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 advcl _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | in boats *= boat*; for a sail | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in they=Location for sail=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | past | the princess | princess's game of ball | | | | for a sight of this marvels; ago *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent game=Theme for sight=Recipient | | 5 | **bend** | past · passive | | princess | | sight | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme upon it=Location | | 6 | **charge** | past · perfect · passive | | the ambassadors | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **lose** | to-infinitive | | sight of princess | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 8 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the ambassadors | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **enter** | past | boats *= boat* | a boat | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boat=Destination | | 11 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | boats *= boat* | sight | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 12 | **sight** | | | this marvels | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **sight** | | | princess | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)