--- title: If the peri-king allows this favour, we two will manage to be your a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If the peri-king allows this favour, we two will manage to be your anointers, and we will put an oil on you such that if you were a thousand years in the fire not a trace of burning would remain.’ Who acts: peri king, we, you, trace. 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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 (peri king, we, you, trace), 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:pg3282:5:62 # text = If the peri-king allows this favour, we two will manage to be your anointers, and we will put an oil on you such that if you were a thousand years in the fire not a trace of burning would remain.’ 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 peri peri NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 anointers anointer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 27 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 22 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the peri king | this favour | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Beneficiary | | 2 | **manage** | future | we | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | your anointers | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | future | we | a oil | | | | on you | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme on you=Destination | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | thousand years | | the fire | | | tree rules | | 6 | **burn** | gerund | a trace *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remain** | would | a trace | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/63/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)