--- title: But when I begged her to marry me, she told me sadly that her mother… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when I begged her to marry me, she told me sadly that her mother would scorn a penniless wooer, and implored me to go away at once, lest trouble should fall upon her. Who acts: I, maiden, mother, trouble. 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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 (I, maiden, mother, trouble), 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:pg2435:17:71 # text = But when I begged her to marry me, she told me sadly that her mother would scorn a penniless wooer, and implored me to go away at once, lest trouble should fall upon her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 scorn scorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 penniless penniless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wooer wooer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | I | | maiden | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | maiden | | me | | | sadly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **scorn** | would | maiden's mother | a penniless wooer | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wooer=Theme | | 5 | **implore** | past | maiden *not said here* | me | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go away** | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 7 | **fall** | should | trouble | | | | | upon maiden | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/72/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)