--- title: ‘Well,’ said the nurse, ‘to-night, when the Princess is asleep, you… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ said the nurse, ‘to-night, when the Princess is asleep, you must help me to throw her into the sea, and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter, and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks, who will be only too glad to marry her, and as your reward you shal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/131/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/) / 131 # The Red Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, sentence 131 ‘Well,’ said the nurse, ‘to-night, when the Princess is asleep, you must help me to throw her into the sea, and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter, and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks, who will be only too glad to marry her, and as your reward you shall have your boat full of diamonds.’ **Who acts:** Princess, you, me, I, we, Peacocks · **What happens:** say, be, help, throw, drown, put · **To what, where:** nurse, me, boatman, sea, King, boat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Princess Rosette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, you, me, I), 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:pg540:11:131 # text = ‘Well,’ said the nurse, ‘to-night, when the Princess is asleep, you must help me to throw her into the sea, and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter, and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks, who will be only too glad to marry her, and as your reward you shall have your boat full of diamonds.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 38 obj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Peacocks Peacock PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 61 only only ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 62 too too ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 69 as as ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 72 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 75 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 xcomp _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the nurse | | | night | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nurse=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | the Princess | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | must | you | me | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **throw** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | boatman | | | | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer she=Theme into sea=Result | | 5 | **drown** | present · passive | | boatman | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **put** | future | I | boatman | | | | upon my daughter | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent she=Asset clothes=Goal | | 7 | **take** | future | we | boatman | the King | | | of the Peacocks | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to king=Destination of peacock=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is** | future | the Peacocks | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the Peacocks *not said here* | boatman | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 10 | **have** | shall | you | your boat | | | | as your reward; full *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient | | 11 | **reward** | | your | | | | | | nom reward «event 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/132/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)