--- title: “I have quarrelled with my eldest sister, and as I do not want to fi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have quarrelled with my eldest sister, and as I do not want to fight any more, I have come to beg you to allow me to sleep with you.” Who acts: Maria. 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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 (Maria), 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:pg2435:38:50 # text = “I have quarrelled with my eldest sister, and as I do not want to fight any more, I have come to beg you to allow me to sleep with you.” 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 quarrelled quarrell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 any any ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quarrell** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Maria | | | | | with my eldest sister | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Maria | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **fight** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Maria *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Maria | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Maria *not said here* | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **allow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Maria *not said here* | | Maria | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **sleep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Maria *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn snooze-40.4-1 «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/51/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)