--- title: “You are quite right,” answered the Fairy; “but it is not in my powe… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You are quite right,” answered the Fairy; “but it is not in my power to make Prince Darling a good man unless he will help me; he must himself try hard to become good, I can only promise to give him good advice, to scold him for his faults, and to punish him if he will not correct and punish himsel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 23 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 23 “You are quite right,” answered the Fairy; “but it is not in my power to make Prince Darling a good man unless he will help me; he must himself try hard to become good, I can only promise to give him good advice, to scold him for his faults, and to punish him if he will not correct and punish himself.” **Who acts:** You, Fairy, dress, Darling, good King · **What happens:** be, answer, not be, make, help, try · **To what, where:** power, Prince Darling, good King, good advice, Darling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Fairy, dress, Darling), 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:pg503:39:23 # text = “You are quite right,” answered the Fairy; “but it is not in my power to make Prince Darling a good man unless he will help me; he must himself try hard to become good, I can only promise to give him good advice, to scold him for his faults, and to punish him if he will not correct and punish himself.” 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 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 27 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 nsubj _ _ 36 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 37 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 scold scold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 65 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 67 correct correct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 advcl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 conj _ _ 70 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | dress | | | my power | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | Prince Darling | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset darling=Product | | 5 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | Darling | | the good King *= king* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 6 | **try** *in a quote* | must | Darling | | | | | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **become** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Darling *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | can | the good King *= king* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the good King *= king* *not said here* | good advice | Darling | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | | 10 | **scold** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the good King *= king* *not said here* | Darling | | | | for Darling's faults | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for fault=Attribute | | 11 | **punish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the good King *= king* *not said here* | Darling | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 12 | **not** **correct** *speech: disagree* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | Darling | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **punish** *in a quote* | infinitive | Darling *not said here* | Darling | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 14 | **fault** *in a quote* | | Darling | | | | | | nom fault «act 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/24/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)