--- title: The Princess assured him that she would only stay a very short time,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess assured him that she would only stay a very short time, as she had done before, and begged him not to be uneasy, as she would be quite as much grieved if anything detained her as he could possibly be. Who acts: Princess, anything. 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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 (Princess, anything), 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:pg503:31:84 # text = The Princess assured him that she would only stay a very short time, as she had done before, and begged him not to be uneasy, as she would be quite as much grieved if anything detained her as he could possibly be. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 19 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 33 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 39 detained detain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | the Princess | | King | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stay** | would | Princess | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Princess | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Princess *not said here* | | King | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **grieve** | would · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **detain** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anything | Princess | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/85/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)