--- title: All these," she said to the eldest daughter, "I will give you, on co… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All these," she said to the eldest daughter, "I will give you, on condition that you put off your marriage for one day and allow me to go into his room alone at night." Who acts: damsel, I, you, your. 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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 (damsel, I, you, your), 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:pg14241:17:18 # text = All these," she said to the eldest daughter, "I will give you, on condition that you put off your marriage for one day and allow me to go into his room alone at night." 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 2 det:predet _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 alone alone ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | damsel | these | | | | to the eldest daughter | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to daughter=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | future | I | | you | condition | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Theme on condition=Asset | | 3 | **put off** | past | you | condition | | | day | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Asset marriage=Goal | | 4 | **allow** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | me | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | knight's room | night | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **marry** | | your | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/19/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)