--- title: “Let me see the face of the Princess Lady, just for a breathing-spac… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: “Let me see the face of the Princess Lady, just for a breathing-space, not openly, but in a mirror--so that I may have in my soul a vision of the Perfectly Beautiful, to help me in the days that remain.” Who acts: you, din, days. 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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 (you, din, days), 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:pg69647:3:104 # text = “Let me see the face of the Princess Lady, just for a breathing-space, not openly, but in a mirror--so that I may have in my soul a vision of the Perfectly Beautiful, to help me in the days that remain.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 breathing breathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 openly openly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 Beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | din | | a mirror | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | din *not said here* | the face of the Princess Lady | | | | a breathing space *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | may | din | a vision of the Beautiful | | my soul | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Patient | | 4 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | din | | day | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | the days | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)