--- title: “It is yours already, lovely Princess!” he cried, taking her hand in… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “It is yours already, lovely Princess!” he cried, taking her hand in his; “but for the horrible enchantment which kept me silent I should have told you long ago how dearly I love you.” Who acts: heart, child, horrible enchantment. 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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 (heart, child, horrible enchantment), 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:pg503:22:119 # text = “It is yours already, lovely Princess!” he cried, taking her hand in his; “but for the horrible enchantment which kept me silent I should have told you long ago how dearly I love you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 parataxis _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 ago ago ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 38 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | heart | yours | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | child | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | gerund | child *not said here* | Princess's hand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hand=Theme his=Destination | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | past | the horrible enchantment | child | | | | silent *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | should · perfect · passive | | child | you | | | for the horrible enchantment; ago *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | present | child | you | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/120/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)