--- title: ‘Since you are so well pleased with my work, said the prince, ‘you w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Since you are so well pleased with my work, said the prince, ‘you will, no doubt, be willing to give me a little pleasure too, and give me something that I have taken a fancy to.’ Who acts: you, doubt, my. 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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, doubt, my), 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:pg5615:26:32 # text = ‘Since you are so well pleased with my work, said the prince, ‘you will, no doubt, be willing to give me a little pleasure too, and give me something that I have taken a fancy to.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 to to NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | with my work; pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 3 | **is** | future | no doubt | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | no doubt *not said here* | a little pleasure | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pleasure=Theme | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | no doubt *not said here* | something | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient something=Theme | | 6 | **take** | present · perfect · passive | | a fancy to | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme to=Destination | | 7 | **work** | | my | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/33/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)