--- title: ‘You must find me some task for this fine Princess which she cannot… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You must find me some task for this fine Princess which she cannot possibly do, for I mean to punish her, and if she does not do what I order, she will not be able to say that I am unjust.’ Who acts: You, Princess, I. 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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 (You, Princess, 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:pg540:24:64 # text = ‘You must find me some task for this fine Princess which she cannot possibly do, for I mean to punish her, and if she does not do what I order, she will not be able to say that I am unjust.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 order order VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | must | You | me | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme task=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **do** | can | Princess | this fine Princess | | | | possibly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **mean** | present | I | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **punish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | Princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **order** | present | I | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **is** | future | Princess | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | I | | | | | unjust *property* | 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 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/65/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)