--- title: “Prince,” replied the Fairy, smiling, “I am sorry that so small a ma… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Prince,” replied the Fairy, smiling, “I am sorry that so small a matter should disturb you, and make you so uneasy as you appeared to me.” Who acts: Prince, matter, 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 (Prince, matter, 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:pg503:52:30 # text = “Prince,” replied the Fairy, smiling, “I am sorry that so small a matter should disturb you, and make you so uneasy as you appeared to me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | the Fairy | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic | | 2 | **smile** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Prince | sorry | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **disturb** *in a quote* | should | a matter | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | a matter *not said here* | you | | | | uneasy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 6 | **appear** *in a quote* | past | you | | Prince | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/31/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)