--- title: I have sworn to myself that I will not marry, even if a thousand yea… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have sworn to myself that I will not marry, even if a thousand years go by, unless someone answers my riddle, and that I will give myself to that man only who does answer it.” Who acts: I, thousand years, someone, my. 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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 (I, thousand years, someone, my), 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:pg3282:2:7 # text = I have sworn to myself that I will not marry, even if a thousand years go by, unless someone answers my riddle, and that I will give myself to that man only who does answer it.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 nsubj _ _ 22 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 31 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 iobj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | present · perfect | I | | myself | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **marry** | future | I | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **go by** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thousand years | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | someone | my riddle | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent riddle=Eventuality | | 5 | **give** | future | I | | myself | | | to that man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent myself=Theme to man=Recipient | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | | riddle | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **riddle** | | my | | | | | | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/8/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)