--- title: The Princess was greatly astonished at the hen’s story, and said kin… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess was greatly astonished at the hen’s story, and said kindly: “I am truly sorry for you, my poor nurse, and wish it was in my power to restore you to your real form. Who acts: I, nurse, your. 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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 (I, nurse, your), 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:pg503:22:76 # text = The Princess was greatly astonished at the hen’s story, and said kindly: “I am truly sorry for you, my poor nurse, and wish it was in my power to restore you to your real form. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 truly truly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **astonish** | past · passive | | the Princess | | the hen's story | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | for you; sorry, truly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | nurse | | | my power | | | tree rules | | 6 | **restore** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | your real form | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Theme to form=Recipient | | 7 | **form** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/77/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)