--- title: “I will tell you,” said she; “but as I feel that I am going to die I… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I will tell you,” said she; “but as I feel that I am going to die I shall keep that piece of news to myself, till you have brought me to life again.” Who acts: sword, 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 (sword, 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:pg3282:38:60 # text = “I will tell you,” said she; “but as I feel that I am going to die I shall keep that piece of news to myself, till you have brought me to life again.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 parataxis _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | sword | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sword | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | sword | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | sword | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sword *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | shall | sword | that piece of news | sword | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | sword | | life | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to life=Destination | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/61/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/)