--- title: You may imagine how hard-hearted her lovers thought her; and the Que… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You may imagine how hard-hearted her lovers thought her; and the Queen, who wished to see her married, did not know how to persuade her to think of it seriously. Who acts: You, lovers, Queen, Bellissima. 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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, lovers, Queen, Bellissima), 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:pg503:5:17 # text = You may imagine how hard-hearted her lovers thought her; and the Queen, who wished to see her married, did not know how to persuade her to think of it seriously. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 hearted heart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | may | You | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **heart** | past | You *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Bellissima's lovers | Bellissima | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | Bellissima's married | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer married=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | Bellissima | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | | of entertainment; seriously *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/18/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)