--- title: We did not like to bring more with us, not knowing what your royal t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: We did not like to bring more with us, not knowing what your royal taste might be; but if it seems good to you to honour our ship with a visit, you might condescend to choose such things as were pleasing in your eyes.” Who acts: We, royal taste, it, 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 (We, royal taste, it, 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:pg2435:5:85 # text = We did not like to bring more with us, not knowing what your royal taste might be; but if it seems good to you to honour our ship with a visit, you might condescend to choose such things as were pleasing in your eyes.” 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 condescend condescend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 pleasing please VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | We | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | more | | | | with us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 3 | **not** **know** | gerund | We *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | might | your royal taste | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | you | | | good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **honour** | to-infinitive | | our ship | | | | with a visit | tree rules | | 7 | **condescend** | might | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | such things | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 9 | **please** | past · progressive | you *not said here* | | | your eyes | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **taste** | | your | | | | | | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/86/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)