--- title: “Tell me your secret and I will marry you,” she said to him; but the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Tell me your secret and I will marry you,” she said to him; but the boy only gave her the beating he had promised her long ago, when she asked him the same question. Who acts: king, princess, boy. 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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 (king, princess, boy), 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:pg2435:7:20 # text = “Tell me your secret and I will marry you,” she said to him; but the boy only gave her the beating he had promised her long ago, when she asked him the same question. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 ago ago ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | king *not said here* | your secret | princess | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | princess | king | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | king | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **give** | past | the boy | the beating | princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient beating=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | boy | the beating *not said here* | princess | | | ago *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | princess | the same question | boy | | | | tree rules | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/21/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)