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title: “You are right, Princess,” said Grabugeon, coming forward, “to love… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “You are right, Princess,” said Grabugeon, coming forward, “to love such a faithful slave as Patypata; she is of more use to you than I am, I offer you my tongue and my heart most willingly, especially as I wish to make a great name for myself in Goblin Land.” Who acts: You, Grabugeon. A sentence of
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 54

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“You are right, Princess,” said Grabugeon, coming forward, “to love such a faithful slave as Patypata; she is of more use to you than I am, I offer you my tongue and my heart most willingly, especially as I wish to make a great name for myself in Goblin Land.”

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**Who acts:** You, Grabugeon · **What happens:** be, say, come forward, love, offer, wish · **To what, where:** faithful slave, you, tongue, great name, Goblin Land · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Grabugeon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:30:54
# text = “You are right, Princess,” said Grabugeon, coming forward, “to love such a faithful slave as Patypata; she is of more use to you than I am, I offer you my tongue and my heart most willingly, especially as I wish to make a great name for myself in Goblin Land.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Grabugeon	Grabugeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
18	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	21	det:predet	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Patypata	Patypata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	nsubj	_	_
29	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
32	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	offer	offer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
44	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	45	advmod	_	_
45	willingly	willingly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
48	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
56	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	52	obl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	Goblin	Goblin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
60	Land	Land	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | Princess *vocative*; right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grabugeon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come forward** | gerund | Grabugeon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **love** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Grabugeon *not said here* | such faithful slave |  |  |  | as Patypata | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slave=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Grabugeon |  | you |  |  | use *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **offer** *in a quote* | present | Grabugeon | my tongue and my heart | you |  |  | willingly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal tongue=Theme |
| 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Grabugeon |  |  |  |  | especially *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Grabugeon *not said here* | a great name |  | Goblin Land |  | for Grabugeon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent name=Product for myself=Asset |

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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.

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**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.

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