--- title: “It is quite true, sire,” replied Charming; “I should have drawn suc… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “It is quite true, sire,” replied Charming; “I should have drawn such a picture of you, and represented your good qualities in such a way, that I am certain the Princess would have found you irresistible. Who acts: treatment, Charming. 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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 (treatment, Charming), 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:pg503:28:35 # text = “It is quite true, sire,” replied Charming; “I should have drawn such a picture of you, and represented your good qualities in such a way, that I am certain the Princess would have found you irresistible. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 irresistible irresistible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | treatment | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Charming | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **draw** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Charming | such picture of you | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | | 4 | **represent** *in a quote* | past | | your good qualities | | | | in such way | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot quality=Theme in way=Attribute | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Charming | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | would · perfect · passive | | the Princess | | | | irresistible *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme you=Attribute | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/36/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)