--- title: “May it please your royal highness, it is now about fifty years sinc… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “May it please your royal highness, it is now about fifty years since I heard from my father, who heard my grandfather say, that there was then in this castle a princess, the most beautiful was ever seen; that she must sleep there a hundred years, and should be waked by a king’s son, for whom she wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/51/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 51 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 51 “May it please your royal highness, it is now about fifty years since I heard from my father, who heard my grandfather say, that there was then in this castle a princess, the most beautiful was ever seen; that she must sleep there a hundred years, and should be waked by a king’s son, for whom she was reserved.” **Who acts:** opinion, grandfather, father, Princess, son · **What happens:** please, be, hear, say, see, sleep · **To what, where:** royal highness, fifty years, princess, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (opinion, grandfather, father, Princess), 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:pg503:10:51 # text = “May it please your royal highness, it is now about fifty years since I heard from my father, who heard my grandfather say, that there was then in this castle a princess, the most beautiful was ever seen; that she must sleep there a hundred years, and should be waked by a king’s son, for whom she was reserved.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 15 since since SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 40 advmod _ _ 40 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 49 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 waked wake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 obl _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **please** *in a quote* | may | opinion | your royal highness | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus highness=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | opinion | fifty years | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | my grandfather *= grandfather* | | | | | from my father | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from father=Source | | 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | my father | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | my grandfather | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | past | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past · passive | | a princess | | this castle | then; ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **sleep** *in a quote* | must | Princess | | | there | year | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **wake** *in a quote* | should · passive | a king's son | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **reserve** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/52/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)