--- title: “My angel,” he answered, “be wise, and ask no questions, if you wish… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My angel,” he answered, “be wise, and ask no questions, if you wish to get safely back to your father’s palace; I have kept my secret all these years, and do not mean to tell it now.” Who acts: angel, 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 (angel, 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:pg2435:7:55 # text = “My angel,” he answered, “be wise, and ask no questions, if you wish to get safely back to your father’s palace; I have kept my secret all these years, and do not mean to tell it now.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 safely safely ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | My angel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | no questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 4 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your father's palace | | | | safely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · perfect | My angel *= angel* | | | | year | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **mean** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | palace | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/56/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)