--- title: She replied that nothing would please her better, but that her daugh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She replied that nothing would please her better, but that her daughter seemed so unwilling to marry, and she recommended them to go and talk to the Princess about it themselves so this they at once did. Who acts: queen, nothing, daughter, this. 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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 (queen, nothing, daughter, this), 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:pg503:5:108 # text = She replied that nothing would please her better, but that her daughter seemed so unwilling to marry, and she recommended them to go and talk to the Princess about it themselves so this they at once did. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 unwilling unwilling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 recommended recommend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 at at SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 advmod _ _ 39 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **please** | would | nothing | | | | | good *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | queen's daughter | | | | | unwilling *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | queen's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **recommend** | past | queen | matters *= matter* | | | | matters *= matter* *obl* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **talk** | infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | to the Princess about kingdom | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to princess=Co-Agent | | 8 | **do** | past | this | | | | | once *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/109/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)