--- title: Then Dil-aram answered: “If you will promise to marry me and to keep… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Dil-aram answered: “If you will promise to marry me and to keep me always amongst those you favour, I will tell you all I know, and I will keep watch about the riddle.” Who acts: Dil aram, 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 (Dil aram, 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:pg3282:2:79 # text = Then Dil-aram answered: “If you will promise to marry me and to keep me always amongst those you favour, I will tell you all I know, and I will keep watch about the riddle.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Dil Dil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 aram aram NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 20 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 obl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 favour favour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Dil aram | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Dil aram *= aram* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Dil aram *= aram* | | those | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme amongst that=Location | | 5 | **favour** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Dil aram *= aram* | all | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient all=Topic | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Dil aram *= aram* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **keep** *in a quote* | future | Dil aram *= aram* | watch | | | | about the riddle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme about riddle=Location | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/80/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)