--- title: But if you will swear to me by your crown and sceptre that you will… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But if you will swear to me by your crown and sceptre that you will give me a dinner of the food that I never grow tired of, whenever I choose to ask for it, I will enable you to reach your wife and daughter.' Who acts: you, sceptre, I, your. 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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, sceptre, I, your), 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:pg3027:29:25 # text = But if you will swear to me by your crown and sceptre that you will give me a dinner of the food that I never grow tired of, whenever I choose to ask for it, I will enable you to reach your wife and daughter.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | future | you | | me | | | by your crown and sceptre | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | future | sceptre | a dinner of the food | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient dinner=Theme | | 3 | **not** **grow** | present | I | the food | | | | tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | present | I | | | | | whenever *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for lake | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **enable** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your wife and daughter | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 8 | **crown** | | your | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)