--- title: ‘If we stay here till dawn my father will kill thee,’ she whispered,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If we stay here till dawn my father will kill thee,’ she whispered, ‘but thou art my husband and I will save thee, as I did before,’ and she cut an apple into nine pieces, and put two pieces at the head of the bed, and two pieces at the foot, and two pieces at the door of the kitchen, and two at th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/) / 40 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29, sentence 40 ‘If we stay here till dawn my father will kill thee,’ she whispered, ‘but thou art my husband and I will save thee, as I did before,’ and she cut an apple into nine pieces, and put two pieces at the head of the bed, and two pieces at the foot, and two pieces at the door of the kitchen, and two at the big door, and one outside the house. **Who acts:** we, father, bride, I · **What happens:** stay, kill, whisper, save, do, cut · **To what, where:** thee, two pieces, apple, nine pieces, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, father, bride, I), 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:pg3454:29:40 # text = ‘If we stay here till dawn my father will kill thee,’ she whispered, ‘but thou art my husband and I will save thee, as I did before,’ and she cut an apple into nine pieces, and put two pieces at the head of the bed, and two pieces at the foot, and two pieces at the door of the kitchen, and two at the big door, and one outside the house. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 till till ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 33 before before ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 66 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 conj _ _ 75 at at ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 conj _ _ 82 outside outside ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | here | dawn | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | future | my father | thee | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | bride | two pieces at the foot and two pieces at the door of the kitchen | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **save** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | I | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cut** | past | bride | a apple | | nine pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent apple=Material into piece=Product | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | bride *not said here* | two pieces | | the head of the bed | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme at head=Destination | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/41/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)