--- title: “Oh, if that is all,” cried the princess, “I can set you free myself… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, if that is all,” cried the princess, “I can set you free myself, for my fairy godmother taught me to know the use of plants and in the desert not far from here there grows a little four-leaved herb which will keep the water in the pit for a whole year. 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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, fairy godmother, use, little leaved herb), 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:pg3282:26:1 # text = “Oh, if that is all,” cried the princess, “I can set you free myself, for my fairy godmother taught me to know the use of plants and in the desert not far from here there grows a little four-leaved herb which will keep the water in the pit for a whole year. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 obl _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 43 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 46 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 leaved leaved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set** *in a quote* | can | the princess *= princess* | you | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | my fairy godmother | | the princess *= princess* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my fairy godmother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the use of plants and the desert | a little leaved herb | | | | far *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herb=Theme | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | future | a little leaved herb | the water | | the pit | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme in pit=Location | | 7 | **use** *in a quote* | | | plants | | | | | nom use «act 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 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: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25, 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/104/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/2/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)