--- title: So you see that even a princess is not always happy--especially if s… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So you see that even a princess is not always happy--especially if she forgets to keep her word; and the greatest misfortunes often happen to people just as they think they have obtained their heart’s desires! Who acts: you, princess, sight, greatest misfortunes. 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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, sight, greatest misfortunes), 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:pg503:32:25 # text = So you see that even a princess is not always happy--especially if she forgets to keep her word; and the greatest misfortunes often happen to people just as they think they have obtained their heart’s desires! 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 especially especially ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 forgets forget VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 often often ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | a princess | | | | | always, happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | sight | | | | | especially *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **keep** | to-infinitive | sight *not said here* | sight's word | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **happen** | present | the greatest misfortunes | | | | | to people; often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | present | misfortunes *= misfortune* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **obtain** | present · perfect · passive | | misfortunes *= misfortune* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **word** | | sight | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **desire** | | misfortunes's heart | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/26/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)