--- title: “Oh! you must tell me how to do it,” said the Prince, “for I have ne… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! you must tell me how to do it,” said the Prince, “for I have never yet been underground, and even if I knew the way I do not know how much I am to demand.” Who acts: you, Prince. 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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 (you, Prince), 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:pg503:17:73 # text = “Oh! you must tell me how to do it,” said the Prince, “for I have never yet been underground, and even if I knew the way I do not know how much I am to demand.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 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 31 advcl _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 23 yet yet ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 25 underground underground ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 39 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | you | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | yet | underground *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the Prince *= prince* | the way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Prince *= prince* | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **demand** *speech: request* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/74/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)