--- title: “Indeed,” said the Prince, “when I have supped it will give me the g… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed,” said the Prince, “when I have supped it will give me the greatest pleasure to hear it; but consider, madam, I beg of you, that I have had nothing to eat to-day.” Who acts: Prince, nose. 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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 (Prince, nose), 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:pg503:3:49 # text = “Indeed,” said the Prince, “when I have supped it will give me the greatest pleasure to hear it; but consider, madam, I beg of you, that I have had nothing to eat to-day.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 supped sup VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 csubj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | indeed *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sup** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | future | nose | the greatest pleasure | the Prince *= prince* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pleasure=Theme | | 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | nose | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Prince *= prince* | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince *= prince* *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/50/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)