--- title: I’ll give my youngest daughter for a wife to whoever brings three cr… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I’ll give my youngest daughter for a wife to whoever brings three crowns to me like the others; and if he doesn’t care to be married, some other one will, and I’ll make his fortune.’ Who acts: I, whoever, youngest. 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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, whoever, youngest), 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:pg3454:11:70 # text = I’ll give my youngest daughter for a wife to whoever brings three crowns to me like the others; and if he doesn’t care to be married, some other one will, and I’ll make his fortune.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 to to SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | | my youngest daughter | | | for a wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme for wife=Asset | | 2 | **bring** | present | whoever | three crowns | me | | | like the others | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to i=Destination | | 3 | **not** **care** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | youngest *= young* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | youngest *= young* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **make** | future | I | youngest's fortune | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Product | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/71/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)