--- title: 'You cannot wed her, however fair she may be, for the queen your wif… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You cannot wed her, however fair she may be, for the queen your wife is still alive, and sends you this letter written in her own blood,' said the frog, holding out the square of handkerchief as she spoke. ' Who acts: You, frog, wife. 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' **Who acts:** You, frog, wife · **What happens:** not wed, be, send, write, say, hold out · **To what, where:** frog, letter, you, own blood, square · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, frog, wife), 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:pg3027:28:77 # text = 'You cannot wed her, however fair she may be, for the queen your wife is still alive, and sends you this letter written in her own blood,' said the frog, holding out the square of handkerchief as she spoke. ' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wed** | can | You | frog | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **be** | may | frog | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | your wife | | | | still | for the queen; alive *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present | | this letter | you | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination letter=Theme | | 5 | **write** | participle | | this letter *not said here* | | frog's own blood | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in blood=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | You *not said here* | the frog | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent frog=Topic | | 7 | **hold out** | gerund | You *not said here* | the square of handkerchief | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent square=Theme | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | frog | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)