--- title: And she said a great deal, for she had worked herself into a terribl… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And she said a great deal, for she had worked herself into a terrible passion; but the Prince humbly implored her pardon, and ventured to point out that it would have been very hard to refuse the young lady’s reasonable request. Who acts: Frog, Prince, it, young lady. 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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 (Frog, Prince, it, young lady), 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:pg640:12:6 # text = And she said a great deal, for she had worked herself into a terrible passion; but the Prince humbly implored her pardon, and ventured to point out that it would have been very hard to refuse the young lady’s reasonable request. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Frog | a great deal | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent deal=Topic | | 2 | **work** | past · perfect | Frog | Frog | | a terrible passion | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent herself=Material into passion=Product | | 3 | **implore** | past | the Prince | Frog's pardon | | | | humbly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 4 | **venture** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **point out** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would · perfect | it | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | | the young lady's reasonable request | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 8 | **pardon** | | Frog | | | | | | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **request** | | the young lady | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/7/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)