--- title: “Your Majesty,” replied the Prince, “will find in that crystal chair… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Your Majesty,” replied the Prince, “will find in that crystal chair a little white cat, which has such soft paws, and mews so prettily, that I am sure you will be charmed with it.” Who acts: Majesty, 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 (Majesty, 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:pg503:25:22 # text = “Your Majesty,” replied the Prince, “will find in that crystal chair a little white cat, which has such soft paws, and mews so prettily, that I am sure you will be charmed with it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 mews mew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 prettily prettily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Your Majesty | the Prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | future | Your Majesty *not said here* | | | that crystal chair | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | a little white cat | such soft paws and mews | | | | prettily *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Your Majesty *= majesty* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **charm** *in a quote* | future · passive | | you | | | | with Majesty | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/23/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/)