--- title: “Alas!” he said to himself, “I am furious with the people who are ca… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Alas!” he said to himself, “I am furious with the people who are carrying Celia off, but isn’t that exactly what I did myself, and if I had not been prevented did I not intend to be still more cruel to her?” Who acts: prince, people, that. 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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 (prince, people, that), 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:pg503:39:139 # text = “Alas!” he said to himself, “I am furious with the people who are carrying Celia off, but isn’t that exactly what I did myself, and if I had not been prevented did I not intend to be still more cruel to her?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 Celia Celia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 off off ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 27 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 parataxis _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 prevented prevent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 46 still still ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | prince | | prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | prince | | | | | with the people; furious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry off** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the people | Celia | | | | off *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celia=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | prince | prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **prevent** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | prince | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **intend** *in a quote* | present | prince | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | Celia | | still | cruel *property* | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/140/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)