--- title: “Now,” said the Dwarf, “I am master of my rival’s fate, but I will g… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” said the Dwarf, “I am master of my rival’s fate, but I will give him his life and permission to depart unharmed if you, Princess, will consent to marry me.” Who acts: Dwarf, rival. 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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 (Dwarf, rival), 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:pg503:7:86 # text = “Now,” said the Dwarf, “I am master of my rival’s fate, but I will give him his life and permission to depart unharmed if you, Princess, will consent to marry me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 unharmed unharmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Dwarf | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Dwarf *= dwarf* | master | | | | of my rival's fate | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the Dwarf *= dwarf* | Fate's life and permission | you | | | Princess *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **depart** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Dwarf *= dwarf* *not said here* | | | | | unharmed *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consent** *in a quote* | future | the Dwarf *= dwarf* *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Dwarf *= dwarf* *not said here* | the Dwarf *= dwarf* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 7 | **fate** *in a quote* | | my rival | | | | | | nom fate «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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/87/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)