--- title: Then turning to the Prince she said, ‘The hour for my deliverance ha… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then turning to the Prince she said, ‘The hour for my deliverance has not yet come, but as you promised to do all you could to free me, you must do exactly as I bid you now. Who acts: art, hour, you, I. 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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 (art, hour, you, I), 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:pg640:26:21 # text = Then turning to the Prince she said, ‘The hour for my deliverance has not yet come, but as you promised to do all you could to free me, you must do exactly as I bid you now. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 deliverance deliverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 yet yet ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 36 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | art *not said here* | | | | then | to the Prince *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to prince=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | art | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **come** | present | the hour for my deliverance | | | | yet | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | must | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bid** | past | I | you | | | now | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **deliver** | | my | | | | | | nom deliverance «act 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/22/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/)