--- title: “Time will show, madam,” replied the King; “but if you wish to convi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Time will show, madam,” replied the King; “but if you wish to convince me that you have some regard for me, do not, I beg of you, refuse to aid Bellissima.” Who acts: Time, King, 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 (Time, King, 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:pg503:6:93 # text = “Time will show, madam,” replied the King; “but if you wish to convince me that you have some regard for me, do not, I beg of you, refuse to aid Bellissima.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 convince convince VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 29 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** *in a quote* | future | Time | | madam | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent madam=Recipient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **convince** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | the King *= king* | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | some regard | | | | for the King *= king* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Patient | | 6 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **refuse** *in a quote* | infinitive | the King *= king* *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **not** **aid** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King *= king* *not said here* | | Bellissima | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bellissima=Beneficiary | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/94/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)