--- title: “Ah! dear child,” said the Queen, “the way you speak assures me that… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah! dear child,” said the Queen, “the way you speak assures me that, in spite of your humble upbringing, you are indeed a real princess, and I can save you from being treated in such a way again.” Who acts: dear child, you, way. 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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 (dear child, you, way), 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:pg503:22:99 # text = “Ah! dear child,” said the Queen, “the way you speak assures me that, in spite of your humble upbringing, you are indeed a real princess, and I can save you from being treated in such a way again.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 assures assure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 upbringing upbringing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 from from SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 46 det:predet _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dear child | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | the way *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **assure** *in a quote* | present | the way | that | dear child *= child* | spite of your humble upbringing | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition i=Beneficiary that=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a real princess | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | can | dear child *= child* | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **treat** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | dear child *= child* *not said here* | | | such way | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 7 | **spite** *in a quote* | | | your humble upbringing | | | | | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/100/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)