--- title: After coming back two or three times, he at last ventured to approac… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After coming back two or three times, he at last ventured to approach the window and to whisper in the softest voice: “Lovely maiden, will you be my bride?” and she had answered: “I will.” Who acts: son, you, bride. 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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 (son, you, bride), 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:pg2435:36:78 # text = After coming back two or three times, he at last ventured to approach the window and to whisper in the softest voice: “Lovely maiden, will you be my bride?” and she had answered: “I will.” 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 at at SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 ventured venture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 whisper whisper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 softest soft ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | gerund | son *not said here* | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **venture** | participle | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **approach** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | the window | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | | 4 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | the softest voice | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | you | my bride | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | bride | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/79/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)