--- title: The full formula may be said to run in abbreviated form--_Death-bed… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The full formula may be said to run in abbreviated form--_Death-bed promise--Deceased wife's resemblance marriage test--Unnatural father_ (desiring to marry his own daughter)--_Helpful animal--Counter tasks--Magic dresses--Heroine flight--Heroine disguise--Menial heroine--Meeting-place--Token object --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/76/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [LXXXIII. Catskin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/76/) / 11 # More English Fairy Tales, LXXXIII. Catskin, sentence 11 The full formula may be said to run in abbreviated form--\_Death-bed promise--Deceased wife's resemblance marriage test--Unnatural father\_ (desiring to marry his own daughter)--\_Helpful animal--Counter tasks--Magic dresses--Heroine flight--Heroine disguise--Menial heroine--Meeting-place--Token objects named--Threefold flight--Lovesick prince--Recognition ring--Happy marriage\_. **Who acts:** Death bed promise, Magic, Deceased wife · **What happens:** say, run, abbreviate, decease, desire, marry · **To what, where:** full formula, abbreviated form, own daughter, Heroine flight, Token objects · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXXIII. Catskin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Death bed promise, Magic, Deceased wife), 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:pg14241:76:11 # text = The full formula may be said to run in abbreviated form--_Death-bed promise--Deceased wife's resemblance marriage test--Unnatural father_ (desiring to marry his own daughter)--_Helpful animal--Counter tasks--Magic dresses--Heroine flight--Heroine disguise--Menial heroine--Meeting-place--Token objects named--Threefold flight--Lovesick prince--Recognition ring--Happy marriage_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 abbreviated abbreviate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Deceased decease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 resemblance resemblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Unnatural unnatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 29 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 desiring desire VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Helpful helpful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Counter counter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dresses dress VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Heroine Heroine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Menial menial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Token token ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 appos _ _ 63 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 -- -- PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 Threefold threefold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Lovesick Lovesick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 70 -- -- PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 Recognition recognition NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 -- -- PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | may · passive | | the full formula | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | | | | abbreviated form | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Trajectory | | 3 | **abbreviate** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **decease** | participle | | | | | | | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **desire** | gerund | Death bed promise *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Death bed promise *not said here* | Chambers's own daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 7 | **dress** | present | Magic | Heroine flight | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Patient | | 8 | **name** | participle | | Token objects *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **test** | | Deceased wife | | | | | | nom test «cognition 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/76/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/76/12/) - ↑ back to [LXXXIII. 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