--- title: “Since I must die,” answered she (looking upon him with her eyes all… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Since I must die,” answered she (looking upon him with her eyes all bathed in tears), “give me some little time to say my prayers.” Who acts: I, you, lady, my. 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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, you, lady, my), 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:pg503:40:45 # text = “Since I must die,” answered she (looking upon him with her eyes all bathed in tears), “give me some little time to say my prayers.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Since since SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 ccomp _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 bathed bath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | must | I | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | gerund | lady | | | | | upon beard; with lady's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon he=Theme | | 4 | **bath** | participle | | lady's eyes *not said here* | | tears | | all *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my prayers | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | | 7 | **pray** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/46/) - ↑ back to [Blue Beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/)