--- title: “Charming Princess, I know all the hen told you, but you cannot have… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Charming Princess, I know all the hen told you, but you cannot have heard that the zephyrs, to whom was entrusted the task of carrying my son to the tower where the Queen, your mother, so anxiously waited for him, left him instead in a garden of flowers, while they flew off to tell your mother. 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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 (Felicia, hen, you, task), 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:pg503:22:106 # text = “Charming Princess, I know all the hen told you, but you cannot have heard that the zephyrs, to whom was entrusted the task of carrying my son to the tower where the Queen, your mother, so anxiously waited for him, left him instead in a garden of flowers, while they flew off to tell your mother. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 zephyrs zephyr NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 entrusted entrust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 anxiously anxiously ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 instead instead ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 while while SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 61 off off ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 64 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** *in a quote* | gerund | | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Felicia | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | all hen | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | can · perfect | you | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **entrust** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the zephyrs | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | the task *not said here* | my son | | the tower | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to tower=Destination | | 7 | **wait** *in a quote* | past | the Queen | | | | | for way; anxiously *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | the Queen *not said here* | way | | a garden of flowers | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in garden=Location | | 9 | **fly off** *in a quote* | past | zephyrs *= zephyr* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | zephyrs *= zephyr* *not said here* | | your mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/107/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)