--- title: She kept pressing him to tell her what was the matter, and at last h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She kept pressing him to tell her what was the matter, and at last he said: “Madam, you may have observed that hitherto I have been content with your love, and have never asked you any other favor. Who acts: wife, Prince, your. 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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 (wife, Prince, your), 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:pg503:52:27 # text = She kept pressing him to tell her what was the matter, and at last he said: “Madam, you may have observed that hitherto I have been content with your love, and have never asked you any other favor. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pressing press VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 content content NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 advcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | wife | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **press** | gerund | wife *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **observe** *in a quote* | may · perfect · passive | | Madam | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Prince | content | | | | with your love; hitherto *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect | | any other favor | you | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **love** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/28/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)