--- title: “I should be sorry,” answered Bellissima, “if you had not noticed ho… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I should be sorry,” answered Bellissima, “if you had not noticed how much I pitied these princes who were leaving me for ever; but for you, sire, it is very different: you have every reason to be pleased with me, but they are going sorrowfully away, so you must not grudge them my compassion.” Who a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/) / 18 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 18 “I should be sorry,” answered Bellissima, “if you had not noticed how much I pitied these princes who were leaving me for ever; but for you, sire, it is very different: you have every reason to be pleased with me, but they are going sorrowfully away, so you must not grudge them my compassion.” **Who acts:** sorry, Bellissima, princes, trouble · **What happens:** be, answer, not notice, pity, leave, have · **To what, where:** Bellissima, much, princes, sorry, reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorry, Bellissima, princes, trouble), 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:pg503:6:18 # text = “I should be sorry,” answered Bellissima, “if you had not noticed how much I pitied these princes who were leaving me for ever; but for you, sire, it is very different: you have every reason to be pleased with me, but they are going sorrowfully away, so you must not grudge them my compassion.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 55 sorrowfully sorrowfully ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 away away ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 grudge grudge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | should | sorry | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | sorry | | Bellissima | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **notice** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | Bellissima | much | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pity** *in a quote* | past | sorry | this princes | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | past · progressive | this princes | sorry | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme for ever=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | trouble | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Bellissima | every reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | every reason *not said here* | | | | with sorry; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | princes *= prince* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **grudge** *in a quote* | must | Bellissima | princes *= prince* | | | | | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/19/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)