--- title: This she will consent to do, for she does not know that it is you wh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This she will consent to do, for she does not know that it is you who let them fall on it; but no one can wash them out but one born of Christian folk: it cannot be done by one of a pack of trolls; and then I will say that no one shall ever be my bride but the woman who can do this, and I know that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/136/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/) / 136 # The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 136 This she will consent to do, for she does not know that it is you who let them fall on it; but no one can wash them out but one born of Christian folk: it cannot be done by one of a pack of trolls; and then I will say that no one shall ever be my bride but the woman who can do this, and I know that you can.” **Who acts:** This, bride, shirt, you, windows, one · **What happens:** consent, do, not know, be, let, fall · **To what, where:** you, windows, shirt, one, bride, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, bride, shirt, you), 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:pg503:4:136 # text = This she will consent to do, for she does not know that it is you who let them fall on it; but no one can wash them out but one born of Christian folk: it cannot be done by one of a pack of trolls; and then I will say that no one shall ever be my bride but the woman who can do this, and I know that you can.” 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 57 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 58 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 60 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 63 advmod _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 67 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 68 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 acl:relcl _ _ 70 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 parataxis _ _ 75 that that SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | future | This | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | bride | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | shirt | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | present | you | windows *= window* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | infinitive | windows *= window* *not said here* | | | shirt | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on it=Location | | 7 | **wash out** | can | no one | windows *= window* | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 8 | **bear** | participle · passive | | one | | | | of Christian folk | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **not** **do** | can · passive | | shirt | | | | by one of a pack of trolls | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is a** | shall | no one | my bride but the woman | | | ever | | tree rules | | 12 | **do** | can | the woman | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 13 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/137/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)