--- title: But, in spite of everything he could say, the Princess was quite det… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, in spite of everything he could say, the Princess was quite determined to go back, though he at last persuaded her to stay eight days, which were so full of pleasure and amusement that they passed like a few hours. Who acts: spite, Princess, eight days, pleasure. 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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 (spite, Princess, eight days, pleasure), 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:pg540:24:35 # text = But, in spite of everything he could say, the Princess was quite determined to go back, though he at last persuaded her to stay eight days, which were so full of pleasure and amusement that they passed like a few hours. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nmod _ _ 24 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | could | spite of everything | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go back** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **persuade** | past | spite | Princess | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **stay** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | eight days | | | | | of pleasure and amusement; full *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | past | pleasure | | | | hour | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **spite** | | | everything | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/36/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)