--- title: Farewell; now I will wait by that rock, and if you need my help in c… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Farewell; now I will wait by that rock, and if you need my help in carrying off your beloved Princess I will not fail you, for the Queen, her mother, is my best friend, and it was for her sake that I went to rescue you.” Who acts: I, you, Queen, help. 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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, you, Queen, help), 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:pg503:7:51 # text = Farewell; now I will wait by that rock, and if you need my help in carrying off your beloved Princess I will not fail you, for the Queen, her mother, is my best friend, and it was for her sake that I went to rescue you.” 1 Farewell farewell INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | future | I | | | | now | by that rock | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by rock=Location | | 2 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | my help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | | 3 | **carry off** | gerund | you *not said here* | your beloved Princess | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 4 | **not** **fail** | future | I | you | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | present | the Queen | my best friend and Princess's sake | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | help | | | | | for Princess's sake | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past | Princess's sake | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | Princess's sake *not said here* | you | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **help** | | my | | | | | | nom help «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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/52/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)