--- title: But, madam, may I, without being guilty of ill manners, dare to ask… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, madam, may I, without being guilty of ill manners, dare to ask you by what adventure you know me? and how you, who live in the same neighborhood with me, should be so great a stranger to me?” Who acts: madam, you. 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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 (madam, 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:pg503:50:49 # text = But, madam, may I, without being guilty of ill manners, dare to ask you by what adventure you know me? and how you, who live in the same neighborhood with me, should be so great a stranger to me?” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 21 adventure adventure AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 neighborhood neighborhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of ill manners; guilty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dare** | infinitive | madam | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | madam *not said here* | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** | present | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | present | you | | | the same neighborhood with me | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neighborhood=Location | | 6 | **is** | should | madam *not said here* | | me | | | great *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/pg503/50/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)