--- title: I begin to fear that this may affect the welfare of my subjects, the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I begin to fear that this may affect the welfare of my subjects, therefore I wish that one of you should succeed to my crown; but in return for such a gift as this it is only right that you should do something for me. Who acts: I, this, one, welfare. 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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, this, one, welfare), 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:pg503:23:5 # text = I begin to fear that this may affect the welfare of my subjects, therefore I wish that one of you should succeed to my crown; but in return for such a gift as this it is only right that you should do something for me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 7 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 affect affect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nmod _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 45 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | present | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fear** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **affect** | may | this | the welfare of my subjects | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus welfare=Experiencer | | 4 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | therefore *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **succeed** | should | one of you | | | | | to my crown | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | welfare | | | return for such gift as this | | right *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | should | you | something | | | | for me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 8 | **crown** | | my | | | | | | nom crown «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 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/6/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)