--- title: ‘First give me thy word that thou wilt do nothing towards me that is… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘First give me thy word that thou wilt do nothing towards me that is not just, and when thou hast won for me that which I shall ask, then thou shalt wed my daughter.’ Who acts: you, thou, thy. 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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 (you, thou, thy), 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:pg3454:39:41 # text = ‘First give me thy word that thou wilt do nothing towards me that is not just, and when thou hast won for me that which I shall ask, then thou shalt wed my daughter.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 3 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 obj _ _ 12 towards towards ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | thy word | me | | | first *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient word=Theme | | 2 | **do** | future | thou | thy word | | | | towards me | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | present · passive | | that | | | | for me; win *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wed** | shall | thou | my daughter | | | then | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 6 | **word** | | thy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/42/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)