--- title: If the Princess really has no heart, be assured that I shall not con… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If the Princess really has no heart, be assured that I shall not concern myself about it, since, if anybody can help her to discover one, it is myself. Who acts: Princess, I, anybody, 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 (Princess, I, anybody, heart), 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:pg7277:16:48 # text = If the Princess really has no heart, be assured that I shall not concern myself about it, since, if anybody can help her to discover one, it is myself. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 concern concern NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 since since SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the Princess | no heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **assure** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S» | | 3 | **not** **concern** | shall | I | myself | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | can | anybody | Princess | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 5 | **discover** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | one | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | present | heart | myself | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/49/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)