--- title: “I suppose you don’t mind my seeing the room which it opens?” asked… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I suppose you don’t mind my seeing the room which it opens?” asked Sigurd, and as he spoke he saw a heavy iron door and begged Helga to unlock it for him. Who acts: I, Sigurd, my, room. 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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, Sigurd, my, room), 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:pg2435:33:101 # text = “I suppose you don’t mind my seeing the room which it opens?” asked Sigurd, and as he spoke he saw a heavy iron door and begged Helga to unlock it for him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 unlock unlock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Sigurd | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | my | the room | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | | 4 | **open** *in a quote* | present | the room | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | Sigurd | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent sigurd=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Sigurd | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | past | Sigurd | a heavy iron door | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Helga | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **unlock** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Helga *not said here* | room | | | | for Sigurd | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/102/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)