--- title: The count had told me her name, and where she lived, but laughed at… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The count had told me her name, and where she lived, but laughed at my love, and absolutely refused to give me leave to go in search of her, so I was forced to run away from the castle by night. Who acts: dame, I, my. 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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 (dame, I, my), 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:pg2435:17:64 # text = The count had told me her name, and where she lived, but laughed at my love, and absolutely refused to give me leave to go in search of her, so I was forced to run away from the castle by night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the count | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | past | dame | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | past | dame *not said here* | | | my love | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | absolutely *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | search of dame | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location | | 8 | **force** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **run away** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the castle | night | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from castle=Trajectory | | 10 | **name** | | dame | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **love** | | my | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **search** | | | dame | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)