--- title: Go, and ask me of my father, and whatsoever he shall required of the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Go, and ask me of my father, and whatsoever he shall required of thee grant it, and thou shalt win me; but if thou deny him anything thou wilt not obtain me, and it will be well for thee if thou escape with thy life.’ Who acts: you, life, thee, 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 (you, life, thee, 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:pg3454:39:9 # text = Go, and ask me of my father, and whatsoever he shall required of thee grant it, and thou shalt win me; but if thou deny him anything thou wilt not obtain me, and it will be well for thee if thou escape with thy life.’ 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 grant grant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 deny deny VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 33 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obl _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 escape escape VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | of my father | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **require** | shall | life | | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grant** | present | thee | word | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **win** | shall | thou | me | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 6 | **deny** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | life | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme anything=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **obtain** | future | thou | me | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Theme | | 8 | **be** | future | word | | | | | for thee; well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **escape** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | | | | | with thy life | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)