--- title: The reason why I did not invite you to my wedding was I was unwillin… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The reason why I did not invite you to my wedding was I was unwilling to divert you from an expedition you were engaged in, and from which I heard with pleasure you returned victorious, and so took the liberty now to call for you.” Who acts: I, reason, you, 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, reason, you, 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:pg503:53:17 # text = The reason why I did not invite you to my wedding was I was unwilling to divert you from an expedition you were engaged in, and from which I heard with pleasure you returned victorious, and so took the liberty now to call for you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 divert divert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 victorious victorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **invite** | past · do-support | I | | you | | | to my wedding | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **unwill** | past · progressive | the reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **divert** | to-infinitive | the reason *not said here* | you | | a expedition | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 4 | **engage in** | past · passive | | you | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **hear** | past | I | | | | | with pleasure | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from which=Source | | 6 | **return** | past | you | pleasure *not said here* | | | | victorious *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | I *not said here* | the liberty | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme | | 8 | **call** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for you=Recipient | | 9 | **wed** | | my | | | | | | nom wedding «event transitive»: 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)