--- title: Because he has done this, I will marry him rather than one of you, w… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Because he has done this, I will marry him rather than one of you, who have come hither to wed me, for many kings here sought to free me from the spells, but none could do it save Ian the fisher’s son.’ Who acts: head, I, many kings, 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 (head, I, many kings, 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:pg3454:17:65 # text = Because he has done this, I will marry him rather than one of you, who have come hither to wed me, for many kings here sought to free me from the spells, but none could do it save Ian the fisher’s son.’ 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 13 cc _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 20 hither hither ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 43 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · perfect | head | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **marry** | future | I | head | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wed** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **seek** | past | many kings | | | | | free *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **save** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | Ian | | | | the fisher's son *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ian=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 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/66/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)