--- title: “My Princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did or designed… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My Princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did or designed anybody an injury, I cannot believe anybody can have a thought of doing me one, but if they have I shall not, nevertheless, forbear doing good whenever I have an opportunity.” Who acts: Princess, anybody, thought, women. 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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 (Princess, anybody, thought, women), 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:pg503:51:62 # text = “My Princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did or designed anybody an injury, I cannot believe anybody can have a thought of doing me one, but if they have I shall not, nevertheless, forbear doing good whenever I have an opportunity.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 17 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 designed design VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 28 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 46 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 48 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 49 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 xcomp _ _ 50 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obj _ _ 51 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 53 advmod _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | My Princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | My Princess *= princess* | | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **design** *in a quote* | past | My Princess *= princess* *not said here* | | anybody | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent anybody=Beneficiary injury=Result | | 5 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | can | My Princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | can | anybody | a thought | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | a thought *not said here* | My Princess *= princess* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | women *= woman* | | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **forbear** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 11 | **have** *in a quote* | present | My Princess *= princess* | a opportunity | | | | whenever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/63/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)