--- title: The Wonderful Sheep begged that the Princess would consider herself… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Wonderful Sheep begged that the Princess would consider herself queen over all that she saw, and assured her that, though for some years he had been very sad and in great trouble, she had it in her power to make him forget all his grief. Who acts: Wonderful Sheep, Princess, he, him. 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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 (Wonderful Sheep, Princess, he, him), 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:pg503:31:2 # text = The Wonderful Sheep begged that the Princess would consider herself queen over all that she saw, and assured her that, though for some years he had been very sad and in great trouble, she had it in her power to make him forget all his grief. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 ccomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Wonderful Sheep | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **consider** | would | the Princess | Princess | | that | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute | | 3 | **see** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **assure** | past | the Wonderful Sheep *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | he | | | | year | sad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | Princess | trouble | | Princess's power | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **forget** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his grief | | | | | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/3/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)