--- title: Now, in order to prove the truth of your words, I am going to throw… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, in order to prove the truth of your words, I am going to throw the ring from the princess’s finger into the brook, and if you do not find it before I come back from council, you will have to die a horrible death.” Who acts: I, you, your. 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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, you, your), 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:pg2435:21:48 # text = Now, in order to prove the truth of your words, I am going to throw the ring from the princess’s finger into the brook, and if you do not find it before I come back from council, you will have to die a horrible death.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 6 mark _ _ 4 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 fixed _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 prove prove VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive | | the truth of your words | | | now | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the ring | | the princess's finger | | into the brook | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial\_Location into brook=Destination | | 4 | **not** **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | ring | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **come back** | present | I | | | council | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from council=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **have** | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a horrible death | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **word** | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication 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:** «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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/49/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)