--- title: She asked whether he would have the hale cake wi’ her malison, or th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She asked whether he would have the hale cake wi’ her malison, or the half wi’ her blessing; and, like his brither, he thought it best to have the hale cake, come o’ the malison what might. Who acts: other, man. 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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 (other, man), 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:pg503:56:37 # text = She asked whether he would have the hale cake wi’ her malison, or the half wi’ her blessing; and, like his brither, he thought it best to have the hale cake, come o’ the malison what might. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 hale hale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 malison malison NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 18 compound _ _ 18 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brither brither NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 expl _ _ 32 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 hale hale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 o o ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 malison malison NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 acl:relcl _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | other | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | would | man | the hale cake wi or the half wi ' other's blessing | | | | ' other's malison | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wi=Patient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | like man's brither | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** | to-infinitive | | the hale cake | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | ' the malison | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bless** | | other | | | | | | nom blessing «act 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/38/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)