--- title: ‘Let me finish my tale first, and then you will know,’ answered she,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Let me finish my tale first, and then you will know,’ answered she, throwing back her veil, and she told how her brother had come to the palace and accused her of being a witch, and had tried to persuade the king to slay her. Who acts: me, you, news, brother. 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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 (me, you, news, brother), 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:pg3454:22:56 # text = ‘Let me finish my tale first, and then you will know,’ answered she, throwing back her veil, and she told how her brother had come to the palace and accused her of being a witch, and had tried to persuade the king to slay her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **finish** | infinitive | me *not said here* | my tale | | | | first *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tale=Eventuality | | 3 | **know** | future | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | news | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **throw back** | gerund | | news's veil | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | news | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | past · perfect | news's brother | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **accuse** | past | news's brother *not said here* | news | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a witch | tree rules | | 10 | **try** | past · perfect | news *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 12 | **slay** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | news | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 13 | **tell** | | my | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/57/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)