--- title: "To the man that will tell me a story which shall last forever, I wi… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: "To the man that will tell me a story which shall last forever, I will give my fairest daugh-ter for his wife; and I will make him my heir, and he shall be king after me." Who acts: that, story, I, king. 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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 (that, story, I, king), 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:pg18442:45:9 # text = "To the man that will tell me a story which shall last forever, I will give my fairest daugh-ter for his wife; and I will make him my heir, and he shall be king after me." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 To to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 forever forever ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 21 daugh daugh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | that | a story | me | | | to the man | tree rules | | 2 | **last** *in a quote* | shall | a story | | | | | forever *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | my fairest daugh ter | | | | for king's wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent ter=Theme for wife=Asset | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | future | I | my heir | king | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary heir=Product | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | king | king | | | after me | | 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/45/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/45/10/) - ↑ back to [The Endless Tale.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/45/)