--- title: “I do not know what it is like to lose one’s heart, madam,” she repl… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I do not know what it is like to lose one’s heart, madam,” she replied; “but I have always heard that without a heart one cannot live, and if it is broken one must die; and in spite of my poverty I should be sorry not to live.” Who acts: madam, pot, heart one, one. 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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 (madam, pot, heart one, one), 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:pg503:22:33 # text = “I do not know what it is like to lose one’s heart, madam,” she replied; “but I have always heard that without a heart one cannot live, and if it is broken one must die; and in spite of my poverty I should be sorry not to live.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 like like SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ _ 29 without without SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | madam | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | pot | | | | | lose *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | madam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | madam | that | | | | always *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | can | a heart one | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | pot | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | must | one | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | should | madam | | | spite of my poverty | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | madam *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **spite** *in a quote* | | | my poverty | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/34/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)