--- title: ‘To-morrow,’ said the girl, who was the giant’s daughter, ‘to-morrow… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘To-morrow,’ said the girl, who was the giant’s daughter, ‘to-morrow thou wilt get the choice of my two sisters to marry, but thou must answer that thou wilt not take either, but only me. Who acts: girl, thou. 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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 (girl, thou), 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:pg3454:28:93 # text = ‘To-morrow,’ said the girl, who was the giant’s daughter, ‘to-morrow thou wilt get the choice of my two sisters to marry, but thou must answer that thou wilt not take either, but only me. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 To to ADP IN _ 4 case _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 40 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 43 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the girl and the giant daughter | | | | to morrow | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | the girl and the giant daughter | the giant daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | future | thou | the choice of my two sisters | | | | to morrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer choice=Stimulus | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | must | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **take** | future | thou | that | | | | either *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/94/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)