--- title: “I am delighted,” said he to the Queen, “that, as you are to be my m… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am delighted,” said he to the Queen, “that, as you are to be my mother-in-law, you should see the little house in which your Bellissima will live with me. Who acts: Dwarf, 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 (Dwarf, 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:pg503:5:57 # text = “I am delighted,” said he to the Queen, “that, as you are to be my mother-in-law, you should see the little house in which your Bellissima will live with me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dwarf | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dwarf | | the Queen | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to queen=Recipient | | 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my mother | | law | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | should | the Queen *= queen* | the little house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | future | your Bellissima | | | the little house | | with Dwarf | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/58/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)