--- title: “You have come just in time,” said the Prince, “for I should have be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You have come just in time,” said the Prince, “for I should have been married to-morrow; but I will not have the long-nosed Princess, and you alone can save me. Who acts: You, Prince. 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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, Prince), 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:pg503:4:134 # text = “You have come just in time,” said the Prince, “for I should have been married to-morrow; but I will not have the long-nosed Princess, and you alone can save me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 nosed nose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 alone alone ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | You | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *in a quote* | should · perfect · passive | | the Prince *= prince* | | | | to morrow | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to morrow=Co-Patient | | 4 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | the nosed Princess | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 5 | **nose** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **save** *in a quote* | can | you | the Prince *= prince* | | | | alone *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/135/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)