--- title: “I have a fine shirt which I want to wear as my wedding shirt, but t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have a fine shirt which I want to wear as my wedding shirt, but three drops of tallow have got upon it which I want to have washed off, and I have vowed to marry no one but the woman who is able to do it. Who acts: stepmother, fine shirt, three drops, woman. 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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 (stepmother, fine shirt, three drops, woman), 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:pg503:4:139 # text = “I have a fine shirt which I want to wear as my wedding shirt, but three drops of tallow have got upon it which I want to have washed off, and I have vowed to marry no one but the woman who is able to do it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 tallow tallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 xcomp _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 vowed vow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the stepmother *= stepmother* | a fine shirt | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | a fine shirt *not said here* | | | | | as my wedding shirt | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | three drops of tallow | | | | | upon shirt | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the stepmother *= stepmother* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wash off** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect | the stepmother *= stepmother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **vow** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the stepmother *= stepmother* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the stepmother *= stepmother* *not said here* | no one but the woman | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the woman | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the woman *not said here* | drop | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/140/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)