--- title: “‘I must say that we consider it somewhat troublesome of your Majest… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘I must say that we consider it somewhat troublesome of your Majesty to insist upon tasting our fruit; but to save you annoyance, my sisters and I will consent to give you as much as you can carry away, on one condition--that is, that you shall give us your little daughter to bring up as our own.’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/69/) [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/) / 69 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 69 “‘I must say that we consider it somewhat troublesome of your Majesty to insist upon tasting our fruit; but to save you annoyance, my sisters and I will consent to give you as much as you can carry away, on one condition--that is, that you shall give us your little daughter to bring up as our own.’ **Who acts:** I, we, you, one condition · **What happens:** say, consider, insist, taste, save, consent · **To what, where:** surprise, fruit, annoyance, you, much, one condition · **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 (I, we, you, one condition), 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:pg503:24:69 # text = “‘I must say that we consider it somewhat troublesome of your Majesty to insist upon tasting our fruit; but to save you annoyance, my sisters and I will consent to give you as much as you can carry away, on one condition--that is, that you shall give us your little daughter to bring up as our own.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 insist insist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 17 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 tasting taste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 annoyance annoyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 50 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 56 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **consider** *in a quote* | present | we | surprise | | | | troublesome *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 3 | **insist** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **taste** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | our fruit | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme fruit=Attribute | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | annoyance and my sisters | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary annoyance=Theme | | 6 | **consent** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | much | you | one condition | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient much=Theme on condition=Asset | | 8 | **carry away** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one condition | one condition *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot condition=Theme | | 10 | **give** *in a quote* | shall | you | your little daughter | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient daughter=Theme | | 11 | **bring up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | as our own | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/70/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)