--- title: ‘Sire,’ she replied, ‘I know too well what I am like to be hurt by w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Sire,’ she replied, ‘I know too well what I am like to be hurt by what you say, but I assure you that I have no wish to marry your son I had rather be called Princess Cabbage-Stalk than Queen Curlicue.’ Who acts: Stalk, I, you, son. 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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 (Stalk, I, you, son), 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:pg540:35:10 # text = ‘Sire,’ she replied, ‘I know too well what I am like to be hurt by what you say, but I assure you that I have no wish to marry your son I had rather be called Princess Cabbage-Stalk than Queen Curlicue.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 rather rather ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 44 Cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 47 than than ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:desc _ _ 49 Curlicue Curlicue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Stalk | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | I | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **like** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **assure** | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **have** | present | I | no wish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 8 | **marry** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your son | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 9 | **have** | past | I | your son *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **call** | infinitive · passive | your son *not said here* | Princess Cabbage Stalk than Curlicue Queen | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/11/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)