--- title: Then she sat down on a sofa, and when the Prince by her entreaty had… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she sat down on a sofa, and when the Prince by her entreaty had done the same she said: “You are surprised, you say, that I should know you and not be known by you, but you will be no longer surprised when I inform you who I am. Who acts: lady, You. 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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 (lady, You), 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:pg503:50:52 # text = Then she sat down on a sofa, and when the Prince by her entreaty had done the same she said: “You are surprised, you say, that I should know you and not be known by you, but you will be no longer surprised when I inform you who I am. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 entreaty entreaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 47 no no ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 49 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 inform inform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 conj _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 56 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | lady | | | a sofa | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the Prince by lady's entreaty | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | should | lady | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | long, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | lady | | you | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | lady | | | | | | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/53/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)