--- title: “Do not alarm yourself, prince,” replied the fairy; “you ran a risk… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Do not alarm yourself, prince,” replied the fairy; “you ran a risk in fetching the water of the fountain of lions for your father, but there is no danger in finding this man. Who acts: fairy, you, danger. 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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 (fairy, you, danger), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:14:84 # text = “Do not alarm yourself, prince,” replied the fairy; “you ran a risk in fetching the water of the fountain of lions for your father, but there is no danger in finding this man. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 fetching fetch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 37 in in SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | alarm | | | | yourself *obl:unmarked*; prince *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run** *in a quote* | past | you | a risk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 4 | **fetch** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | the water of the fountain of lions for your father | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no danger | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | gerund | no danger *not said here* | this man | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)