--- title: “But I really cannot listen to anything until I have had something t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “But I really cannot listen to anything until I have had something to eat,” cried the Prince, who was getting quite angry; but then, remembering that he had better be polite as he much needed the Fairy’s help, he added: Who acts: Prince, Fairy. 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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, Fairy), 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:pg503:3:59 # text = “But I really cannot listen to anything until I have had something to eat,” cried the Prince, who was getting quite angry; but then, remembering that he had better be polite as he much needed the Fairy’s help, he added: 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obl _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 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 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 26 quite quite ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 much much ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **listen** *in a quote* | can | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | to anything | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anything=Theme | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Prince *= prince* | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince *= prince* *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | past · progressive | the Prince | | | | | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **remember** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **need** | past | Prince | the Fairy's help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | | 10 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **help** | | the Fairy | | | | | | nom help «act 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/60/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)