--- title: I beg of you to give me leave to remain silent on this head, for I s… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I beg of you to give me leave to remain silent on this head, for I shall come so frequently that I am afraid that I shall sooner be thought troublesome than be accused of negligence in my duty.” Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg503:51:26 # text = I beg of you to give me leave to remain silent on this head, for I shall come so frequently that I am afraid that I shall sooner be thought troublesome than be accused of negligence in my duty.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 32 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 than than SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 negligence negligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | | | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | me | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remain** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | this head | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on head=Location | | 5 | **come** | shall | I | | | | | frequently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | shall · passive | | I | | | | soon, troublesome *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **accuse** | infinitive · passive | | | | my duty | | of negligence | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: of negligence=Attribute | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/27/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)