--- title: ‘Since it has ended in my meeting you,’ said the Princess, ‘I cannot… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Since it has ended in my meeting you,’ said the Princess, ‘I cannot regret the step I have taken, and if you will let me stay with you, I shall be perfectly happy.’ Who acts: Princess, I, you, me. 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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, I, you, me), 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:pg7277:12:39 # text = ‘Since it has ended in my meeting you,’ said the Princess, ‘I cannot regret the step I have taken, and if you will let me stay with you, I shall be perfectly happy.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Since since SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 regret regret VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present · perfect · passive | | hospitality | | my meeting | | you *obl* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **regret** | can | I | the step | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | present · perfect | I | the step *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 5 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location | | 7 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | happy, perfectly *property* | tree rules | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/40/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)