--- title: “You are so kind and generous, noble Sheep,” said the Princess, “tha… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You are so kind and generous, noble Sheep,” said the Princess, “that I cannot thank you enough, but I must confess that all I see here seems to me so extraordinary that I don’t know what to think of it.” Who acts: You, Princess, all. 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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, Princess, all), 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:pg503:31:3 # text = “You are so kind and generous, noble Sheep,” said the Princess, “that I cannot thank you enough, but I must confess that all I see here seems to me so extraordinary that I don’t know what to think of it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 enough enough ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 nsubj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | You *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | can | the Princess *= princess* | | you | | | enough *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **confess** *in a quote* | must | the Princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the Princess *= princess* | | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | all | | the Princess *= princess* | | | extraordinary *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | of trouble | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/4/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)