--- title: “King’s son,” she replied, “it shows the goodness of your heart that… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “King’s son,” she replied, “it shows the goodness of your heart that you should care so much for a little white cat, who is good for nothing but to catch mice; but you must not stay.” Who acts: Blanchette, kindness, goodness, little white cat. 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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 (Blanchette, kindness, goodness, little white cat), 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:pg503:24:17 # text = “King’s son,” she replied, “it shows the goodness of your heart that you should care so much for a little white cat, who is good for nothing but to catch mice; but you must not stay.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 King king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 32 obl _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 38 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Blanchette | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **show** *in a quote* | present | kindness | the goodness of your heart | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodness=Recipient | | 3 | **care** *in a quote* | should | the goodness of your heart | | | | | for a little white cat | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for cat=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a little white cat | | | | | for nothing; good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **catch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the goodness of your heart *not said here* | mice | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 6 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/18/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)