--- title: “But you would be very happy with any of these Princes,” said the Qu… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “But you would be very happy with any of these Princes,” said the Queen, “and I shall be very angry if you fall in love with anyone who is not worthy of you.” Who acts: you, Queen. 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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, Queen), 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:pg503:5:23 # text = “But you would be very happy with any of these Princes,” said the Queen, “and I shall be very angry if you fall in love with anyone who is not worthy of you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | with any; happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | love | | with anyone | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of you; worthy *property* | tree rules | 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/pg503/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)