--- title: ‘Well, but I didn’t let him go, after all,’ said the Princess; ‘but… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, but I didn’t let him go, after all,’ said the Princess; ‘but father is so quick-tempered, so I hid him in the cupboard, but if father has not found any one then the man is still here.’ Who acts: I, man. 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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, man), 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:pg540:46:34 # text = ‘Well, but I didn’t let him go, after all,’ said the Princess; ‘but father is so quick-tempered, so I hid him in the cupboard, but if father has not found any one then the man is still here.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 dep _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tempered temper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obj _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | past · do-support | I | man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | the Princess | | | after all | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | temper *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | past | I | man | | the cupboard | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in cupboard=Location | | 6 | **not** **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect · passive | | father | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme one=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | present | the man | | | | then; still | here *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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/35/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)