--- title: “Now you are angry with me, my poor Hyacinth,” said the Fairy, “and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now you are angry with me, my poor Hyacinth,” said the Fairy, “and I assure you that I didn’t mean to vex you; on the contrary, I wished to do you a service. Who acts: you, 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 (you, 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:pg503:3:91 # text = “Now you are angry with me, my poor Hyacinth,” said the Fairy, “and I assure you that I didn’t mean to vex you; on the contrary, I wished to do you a service. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Hyacinth hyacinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 vex vex VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | now | with the Fairy *= fairy*; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **assure** *in a quote* | present | the Fairy *= fairy* | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **mean** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the Fairy *= fairy* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **vex** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Fairy *= fairy* *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | the Fairy *= fairy* | | | the contrary | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Fairy *= fairy* *not said here* | a service | you | | | | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/92/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)