--- title: ‘Well, I was that robin redbreast, and ever since I have vowed to be… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, I was that robin redbreast, and ever since I have vowed to be your friend, and as you want to marry Barbaik, I will prove the truth of what I say by helping you to do so.’ Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg3454:37:41 # text = ‘Well, I was that robin redbreast, and ever since I have vowed to be your friend, and as you want to marry Barbaik, I will prove the truth of what I say by helping you to do so.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 redbreast redbreast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 12 since since SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 vowed vow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | I | robin redbreast | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **vow** | present · perfect | I | | | | ever | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your friend | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Barbaik | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barbaik=Patient | | 6 | **prove** | future | I | the truth | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **help** | gerund | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/42/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)