--- title: But punishments are things about which people do not always agree, a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But punishments are things about which people do not always agree, and when the princess suddenly felt she was really the man she had pretended to be, she was delighted, and if the hermit had only been within reach she would have thanked him from her heart. 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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 (punishments, people, princess, hermit), 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:pg641:40:75 # text = But punishments are things about which people do not always agree, and when the princess suddenly felt she was really the man she had pretended to be, she was delighted, and if the hermit had only been within reach she would have thanked him from her heart. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 punishments punishment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 really really ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 cop _ _ 41 within within ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 advcl _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 thanked thank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | punishments | things | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | present · do-support | people | | | | | about things; always *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about which=Topic | | 3 | **feel** | past | the princess | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past | princess | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pretend** | past · perfect | princess | the man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the hermit | | | | | within reach | tree rules | | 9 | **thank** *speech: thank* | would · perfect | princess | | hermit | princess's heart | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/76/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)