--- title: “I have come for something else besides a bed,” replied the young ma… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have come for something else besides a bed,” replied the young man, drawing his sword, “and if you do not promise to give me your youngest daughter as my wife I will stab you through the heart.” Who acts: young man, you. 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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 (young man, you), 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:pg2435:27:40 # text = “I have come for something else besides a bed,” replied the young man, drawing his sword, “and if you do not promise to give me your youngest daughter as my wife I will stab you through the heart.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 else else ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 stab stab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the young man *= man* | | | | | for something | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beside** *in a quote* | present | | a bed | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the young man | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **draw** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | man's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **not** **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your youngest daughter | the young man *= man* | | | as my wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient daughter=Theme | | 7 | **stab** *in a quote* | future | the young man *= man* | you | | | | through the heart | vn poke-19-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Instrument through heart=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/41/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)