--- title: “I love you already better than anyone in the world,” she said; “but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I love you already better than anyone in the world,” she said; “but now it is time to go back to your father, and we shall hear what he says about it.” Who acts: Princess, world, we, prince. 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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 (Princess, world, we, 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:pg503:25:5 # text = “I love you already better than anyone in the world,” she said; “but now it is time to go back to your father, and we shall hear what he says about it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Princess | you | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | world | time | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **go back** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | to your father *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | prince | | | | | about world | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/6/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/)