--- title: The princess exclaimed: ‘You have done well so to do; but you must k… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The princess exclaimed: ‘You have done well so to do; but you must know that your wager is not yet won, for my father will change me and my maidens into ducks, and will ask you, “Which of these ducks is the princess?” Who acts: princess, You, wager, father. 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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 (princess, You, wager, father), 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:pg641:37:26 # text = The princess exclaimed: ‘You have done well so to do; but you must know that your wager is not yet won, for my father will change me and my maidens into ducks, and will ask you, “Which of these ducks is the princess?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wager wager NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 yet yet ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present · perfect | You | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | your wager | | | | yet | win *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **change** | future | my father | me | | | | into ducks *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Patient into duck=Result | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **wager** | | your | | | | | | nom wager «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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/27/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)