--- title: “Give him to me, I’m sure he will tell me the secret; or, if not, I… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Give him to me, I’m sure he will tell me the secret; or, if not, I have a daughter who is like the Morning Star, and he is sure to tell it to her.” Who acts: you, king, daughter. 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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 (you, king, daughter), 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:pg2435:7:29 # text = “Give him to me, I’m sure he will tell me the secret; or, if not, I have a daughter who is like the Morning Star, and he is sure to tell it to her.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Morning Morning PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | king | | | to the king of the Magyars *= king* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to i=Recipient | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | the king of the Magyars *= king* | | | | | sure *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | king | the secret | the king of the Magyars *= king* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient secret=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the king of the Magyars *= king* | a daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a daughter | | | | | like the Morning Star | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | king | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | secret | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to she=Recipient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/30/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)