--- title: ‘Sire,’ answered the Princess, ‘I assure you that I am not in the ha… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Sire,’ answered the Princess, ‘I assure you that I am not in the habit of wearing dresses as crumpled and untidy as this one, so I should have been better pleased if you had not seen me at all.’ Who acts: Sire, I, habit, you. 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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 (Sire, I, habit, you), 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:pg7277:2:32 # text = ‘Sire,’ answered the Princess, ‘I assure you that I am not in the habit of wearing dresses as crumpled and untidy as this one, so I should have been better pleased if you had not seen me at all.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 crumpled crumple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 untidy untidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 36 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | | the Princess | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | | 2 | **assure** | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | the habit | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wear** | gerund | the habit *not said here* | dresses | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 5 | **crumple** | participle | the habit *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | should · perfect | I | | | | | pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | me | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/33/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)