--- title: Of course I know you are not a prince, but I shall be just as fond o… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course I know you are not a prince, but I shall be just as fond of you as if you were, and we can go and live in some cosy little corner of the world, and be as happy as the days are long.’ Who acts: I, you, days. 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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 (I, you, days), 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:pg540:4:5 # text = Of course I know you are not a prince, but I shall be just as fond of you as if you were, and we can go and live in some cosy little corner of the world, and be as happy as the days are long.’ 1 Of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 4 advmod _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 nsubj _ _ 33 cosy cosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | you | a prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | of you; fond *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | can · past | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **live** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | cosy little corner of the world | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Location | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | the days | | | | | long *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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/6/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)