--- title: “Why, Patypata,” cried the Princess, kissing her, “that would never… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Why, Patypata,” cried the Princess, kissing her, “that would never do; your life is as precious to me as my own, especially after such a proof of your affection as you have just given me.” Who acts: Patypata, that, life. 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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 (Patypata, that, life), 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:pg503:30:53 # text = “Why, Patypata,” cried the Princess, kissing her, “that would never do; your life is as precious to me as my own, especially after such a proof of your affection as you have just given me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Patypata Patypata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 especially especially ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Patypata | the Princess | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 2 | **kiss** | gerund | Patypata *not said here* | Patypata | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | would | that | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your life | | Patypata | | | as my own; precious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | Patypata | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Theme | | 6 | **proof** *in a quote* | | | your affection | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/54/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)