--- title: “Sir Charming,” answered she, “all the reasons you have given me are… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir Charming,” answered she, “all the reasons you have given me are very good ones, and I assure you that I should have more pleasure in obliging you than anyone else, but you must know that a month ago as I was walking by the river with my ladies I took off my glove, and as I did so a ring that I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/80/) [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 Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/) / 80 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 80 “Sir Charming,” answered she, “all the reasons you have given me are very good ones, and I assure you that I should have more pleasure in obliging you than anyone else, but you must know that a month ago as I was walking by the river with my ladies I took off my glove, and as I did so a ring that I was wearing slipped off my finger and rolled into the water. **Who acts:** Charming, princess, reasons, ring · **What happens:** answer, give, be, assure, have, oblige · **To what, where:** princess, reasons, Charming, good ones, more pleasure, glove · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Charming, princess, reasons, ring), 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:pg503:28:80 # text = “Sir Charming,” answered she, “all the reasons you have given me are very good ones, and I assure you that I should have more pleasure in obliging you than anyone else, but you must know that a month ago as I was walking by the river with my ladies I took off my glove, and as I did so a ring that I was wearing slipped off my finger and rolled into the water. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 obliging oblige VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obl _ _ 37 else else ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 ago ago ADV RB _ 42 ccomp _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 advcl _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 59 off off ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 as as SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 70 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 acl:relcl _ _ 74 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 xcomp _ _ 75 off off ADP RP _ 74 compound:prt _ _ 76 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 conj _ _ 80 into into ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Charming Sir | | princess | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | princess | all reasons *not said here* | Charming Sir *= charming* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | all reasons | good ones | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assure** *in a quote* | present | Charming Sir *= charming* | | princess | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | should | Charming Sir *= charming* | more pleasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 6 | **oblige** *in a quote* | gerund | Charming Sir *= charming* *not said here* | princess | | | | than anyone | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | must | princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **walk** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Charming Sir *= charming* | | | | | by the river; with my ladies | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Trajectory | | 9 | **take off** *in a quote* | past | Charming Sir *= charming* | my glove | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Theme | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Charming Sir *= charming* | a ring | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality | | 11 | **wear** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a ring | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **slip off** *in a quote* | participle | a ring *not said here* | my finger | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent finger=Patient | | 13 | **roll** *in a quote* | participle | a ring *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)