--- title: “Do not be afraid,” he said, “I shall not hurt you”; and he began to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Do not be afraid,” he said, “I shall not hurt you”; and he began to praise her gardens, of which he had heard the servants speak, and the birds and flowers which she loved, till the princess’s anger softened, and she answered him with gentle words. Who acts: prince, servants, princess, anger. 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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 (prince, servants, princess, anger), 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:pg3282:18:65 # text = “Do not be afraid,” he said, “I shall not hurt you”; and he began to praise her gardens, of which he had heard the servants speak, and the birds and flowers which she loved, till the princess’s anger softened, and she answered him with gentle words. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 till till SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 softened soften VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | shall | prince | you | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | | 4 | **begin** | past | prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **praise** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | princess's gardens | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the servants | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **love** | past | princess | the birds and flowers | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **soften** | past | the princess's anger | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | prince | | | with gentle words | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 11 | **anger** | | the princess | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/66/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)