--- title: But it was her wish also; therefore, to you I entrust the duty of fi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But it was her wish also; therefore, to you I entrust the duty of finding a lady fitted to share my throne; only, see that she comes neither from a small town nor a remote island.” Who acts: heart, you, duty, wife. 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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 (heart, you, duty, wife), 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:pg2435:22:96 # text = But it was her wish also; therefore, to you I entrust the duty of finding a lady fitted to share my throne; only, see that she comes neither from a small town nor a remote island.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 entrust entrust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 neither neither ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | heart | wife's wish | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **entrust** | present | you | the duty | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Recipient | | 3 | **find** | gerund | the duty *not said here* | a lady | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | | 4 | **fit** | participle | | a lady *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **share** | to-infinitive | | my throne | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** | present | wife | | | a small town nor a remote island | | neither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial\_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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)