--- title: “I prayed him to forget her,” she said, “but in vain; he threatened… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I prayed him to forget her,” she said, “but in vain; he threatened to do some desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the hand of the Princess. Who acts: woman, Sultan. 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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 (woman, Sultan), 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:pg503:12:79 # text = “I prayed him to forget her,” she said, “but in vain; he threatened to do some desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the hand of the Princess. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** *in a quote* | past | woman | Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **threaten** *in a quote* | past | Sultan | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sultan *not said here* | some desperate deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 6 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | woman | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | your Majesty | | | | for the hand of the Princess | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/80/) - ↑ back to [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/)