--- title: “You promised to love me always; tell me that you really mean what y… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You promised to love me always; tell me that you really mean what you said, or I shall have to ask the Fairy to give me back the form of the dove which pleased you so much.” Who acts: You, old hermit. 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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, old hermit), 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:pg503:39:153 # text = “You promised to love me always; tell me that you really mean what you said, or I shall have to ask the Fairy to give me back the form of the dove which pleased you so much.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 really really ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 back back ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the old hermit *= hermit* | | | | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the old hermit *= hermit* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | the old hermit *= hermit* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old hermit *= hermit* *not said here* | | the Fairy | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **give back** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old hermit *= hermit* *not said here* | the form of the dove | you | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **form** *in a quote* | | | the dove | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/154/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)