--- title: The Princess asked her what she wanted for it, and she replied that… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess asked her what she wanted for it, and she replied that it was not for sale, either for gold or money, but that if she could get leave to go to the Prince, and be with him during the night, she should have it. Who acts: Princess, comb. 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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, comb), 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:pg503:4:124 # text = The Princess asked her what she wanted for it, and she replied that it was not for sale, either for gold or money, but that if she could get leave to go to the Prince, and be with him during the night, she should have it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 either either CCONJ CC _ 23 cc:preconj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 33 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 advcl _ _ 44 during during ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Princess | | girl | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | princess | | | | | for comb | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | comb | | | | | for sale | tree rules | | 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **leave** | infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | night | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | to the Prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prince=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | with prince | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | should | princess | comb | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/125/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)