--- title: “I found her in the condition you see her in, and promised her the a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I found her in the condition you see her in, and promised her the assistance she stands in need of, and am persuaded that you, out of your own goodness, as well as upon my entreaty, will not abandon her.” Who acts: Prince, you, Fairy. 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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 (Prince, you, Fairy), 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:pg503:51:56 # text = “I found her in the condition you see her in, and promised her the assistance she stands in need of, and am persuaded that you, out of your own goodness, as well as upon my entreaty, will not abandon her.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 27 that that ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 41 cc _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 entreaty entreaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Prince | Fairy | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **see in** *in a quote* | present | you | Fairy | | the condition | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | Prince *not said here* | the assistance | Fairy | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal assistance=Theme | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | Fairy | the assistance *not said here* | | need | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme in need=Destination | | 5 | **persuade** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | that you | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **not** **abandon** *in a quote* | future | | Fairy | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/57/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)