--- title: The fairies wept and begged him to stay, but he would not listen, an… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fairies wept and begged him to stay, but he would not listen, and at last the eldest, who was his wife, said to him: “If you really will abandon us, take this lock of my hair with you; you will find it useful in time of need.” Who acts: fairies, longing. 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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 (fairies, longing), 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:pg2435:12:85 # text = The fairies wept and begged him to stay, but he would not listen, and at last the eldest, who was his wife, said to him: “If you really will abandon us, take this lock of my hair with you; you will find it useful in time of need.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 If if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | the fairies | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the fairies *not said here* | | longing | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fairies *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **listen** | would | longing | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | longing's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | longing | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **abandon** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | longing | us | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme we=Source | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | longing *not said here* | this lock of my hair | | | | with longing | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme | | 9 | **find** *in a quote* | future | longing | lock | | | time | useful *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/86/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)