--- title: ‘That is my history, and now you must beg the king to send messenger… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is my history, and now you must beg the king to send messengers at once to Granada, to inform my father of our marriage, and I think,’ she added with a smile, ‘that he will not refuse us his blessing.’ Who acts: That, you, I, story. 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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 (That, you, I, story), 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:pg3454:4:32 # text = ‘That is my history, and now you must beg the king to send messengers at once to Granada, to inform my father of our marriage, and I think,’ she added with a smile, ‘that he will not refuse us his blessing.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 16 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Granada Granada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ ' SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | my history | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | must | you | | the king | | now | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | my father of our marriage | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | story | | | | | with a smile | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with smile=Co-Patient | | 7 | **not** **refuse** | future | king | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** | | our | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **bless** | | king | | | | | | nom blessing «act 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/33/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)