--- title: “You know that I love Pretty Goldilocks as much as ever, her refusal… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You know that I love Pretty Goldilocks as much as ever, her refusal has not made any difference to me; but I don’t know how to make her change her mind; I really should like to send you, to see if you can persuade her to marry me.” Who acts: You, matter, Goldilocks. 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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 (You, matter, Goldilocks), 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:pg503:28:39 # text = “You know that I love Pretty Goldilocks as much as ever, her refusal has not made any difference to me; but I don’t know how to make her change her mind; I really should like to send you, to see if you can persuade her to marry me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 Pretty pretty ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 Goldilocks Goldilocks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 really really ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | matter | Goldilocks | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Goldilocks's refusal | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary difference=Product | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | matter | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Goldilocks | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **change** *in a quote* | infinitive | Goldilocks *not said here* | Goldilocks's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 7 | **like** *in a quote* | should | matter | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **send** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | matter *not said here* | | you | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | matter *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **persuade** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | Goldilocks | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 11 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Goldilocks *not said here* | matter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 12 | **refuse** *in a quote* | | Goldilocks | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **mind** *in a quote* | | Goldilocks | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)