--- title: ‘Sir Ambassador, I am sure that everything you intend to say is char… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Sir Ambassador, I am sure that everything you intend to say is charming, since it is you who mean to say it; but let us make haste into the palace, as it is pouring cats and dogs, and the wicked Fairy Carabosse will be amused to see us all stand dripping here. 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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 (Ambassador, you, everything, embarrassment), 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:pg540:3:82 # text = ‘Sir Ambassador, I am sure that everything you intend to say is charming, since it is you who mean to say it; but let us make haste into the palace, as it is pouring cats and dogs, and the wicked Fairy Carabosse will be amused to see us all stand dripping here. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 9 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 since since SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 pouring pour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 40 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Carabosse Carabosse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 amused amused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 csubj _ _ 54 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 56 advmod _ _ 56 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 57 dripping drip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 xcomp _ _ 58 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ambassador Sir | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **intend** | present | you | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **charm** | present · progressive | everything | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | present | embarrassment | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | present | you | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | embarrassment | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | us *not said here* | haste | | the palace | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent haste=Material into palace=Product | | 10 | **pour** | present · progressive | embarrassment | cats and dogs | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient | | 11 | **is** | future | the wicked Fairy Carabosse | | | | | amused *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | | us | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 13 | **stand** | present | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 14 | **drip** | gerund | | | | here | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/83/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)