--- title: “I would far rather die myself than hurt you; but even if I am kille… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I would far rather die myself than hurt you; but even if I am killed you will not be safe: we must find some way of making the King believe that you are dead.” Who acts: nothing, you, we, way. 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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 (nothing, you, we, way), 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:pg503:30:49 # text = “I would far rather die myself than hurt you; but even if I am killed you will not be safe: we must find some way of making the King believe that you are dead.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 rather rather ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | would | nothing | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | past | nothing *not said here* | you | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | | 3 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | must | we | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | some way *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product | | 7 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | some way | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/50/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)