--- title: “All these,” she said to the eldest dochter, “I will give you, on co… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “All these,” she said to the eldest dochter, “I will give you, on condition that you put off your marriage for ae day, and allow me to go into his room alone at night.” Who acts: wife, eldest dochter, your. 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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 (wife, eldest dochter, your), 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:pg503:55:62 # text = “All these,” she said to the eldest dochter, “I will give you, on condition that you put off your marriage for ae day, and allow me to go into his room alone at night.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 dochter dochter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 ae ae X FW _ 29 compound _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 alone alone ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife | these | the eldest dochter | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dochter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | future | wife | condition | the eldest dochter *= dochter* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient condition=Theme | | 3 | **put off** *in a quote* | past | the eldest dochter *= dochter* | condition | | | day | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Asset marriage=Goal | | 4 | **allow** *in a quote* | infinitive | wife *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | knight's room | night | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/63/) - ↑ back to [The Black Bull of Norroway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/)