--- title: 'You have betrothed me already to a bride I can never love!' cried h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You have betrothed me already to a bride I can never love!' cried he; 'but if you will not consent to break off the match, and ask for the hand of the princess Desiree, I shall die of misery, thankful to be alive no longer.' Who acts: You, I, Tulip. 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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, I, Tulip), 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:pg3027:22:84 # text = 'You have betrothed me already to a bride I can never love!' cried he; 'but if you will not consent to break off the match, and ask for the hand of the princess Desiree, I shall die of misery, thankful to be alive no longer.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 Desiree Desiree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 52 no no ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betroth** | present · perfect | You | me | a bride | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to bride=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **love** | can | I | a bride *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Tulip | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **consent** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **break off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the match | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer match=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for the hand of the princess | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **die** | shall | I | | | | | of misery | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of misery=Causer | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | alive, long *property* | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)