--- title: The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess’s thumb--that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/) / 59 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 59 The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess’s thumb--that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it for a moment! **Who acts:** Princess, Grabugeon, Captain, tongue, Princesses · **What happens:** be, allow, take, decide, not take in · **To what, where:** Captain, tongue, little one, all, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Princess, Grabugeon, Captain, tongue), 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:pg503:30:59 # text = The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess’s thumb--that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it for a moment! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Grabugeon Grabugeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 alas alas INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 48 sorrowfully sorrowfully ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 : : PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 60 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 62 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl _ _ 65 in in ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | as Grabugeon; dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **allow** | past | Grabugeon | the Captain of the Guard | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer captain=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Captain of the Guard *not said here* | Grabugeon's tongue | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | tongue | such little one | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **decide** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | sorrowfully *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | tongue | | | all | | of no use | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **take in** | would · perfect · passive | | the King | | | moment | by tongue | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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/pg503/30/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/60/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)