--- title: Days go by so quickly when one is very happy that it is certain the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Days go by so quickly when one is very happy that it is certain the Prince would never have thought of its being time to go back, when one evening as they sat together the White Cat said to him that if he wanted to take a lovely princess home with him the next day he must be prepared to do what she --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/) / 48 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 48 Days go by so quickly when one is very happy that it is certain the Prince would never have thought of its being time to go back, when one evening as they sat together the White Cat said to him that if he wanted to take a lovely princess home with him the next day he must be prepared to do what she told him. **Who acts:** Days, one, path, Prince, White Cat, fairy · **What happens:** go, be, not think, go back, sit, say · **To what, where:** Prince, fairy, lovely princess, next day · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Days, one, path, Prince), 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:pg503:24:48 # text = Days go by so quickly when one is very happy that it is certain the Prince would never have thought of its being time to go back, when one evening as they sat together the White Cat said to him that if he wanted to take a lovely princess home with him the next day he must be prepared to do what she told him. 1 Days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 2 obl _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 home home ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 60 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 acl:relcl _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Days | | | | | quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by so=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | one | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | path | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect · passive | | the Prince | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | of path's time | | tree rules | | 6 | **go back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **sit** | past | Prince | | | | evening | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the White Cat | | fairy | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 9 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | fairy | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fairy *not said here* | | a lovely princess | | day | with fairy; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination | | 11 | **is** | must | fairy | the next day *not said here* | | | | prepared *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **do** | to-infinitive | fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Cat | | fairy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/49/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)