--- title: She shall have whatever she likes, and I shall love her dearly; only… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She shall have whatever she likes, and I shall love her dearly; only I warn you that if she is not as pretty as you have told me, I will have your heads cut off.’ Who acts: sister, I, heads. 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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 (sister, I, heads), 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:pg540:11:98 # text = She shall have whatever she likes, and I shall love her dearly; only I warn you that if she is not as pretty as you have told me, I will have your heads cut off.’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 warn warn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | shall | sister | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | present | sister | whatever | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme | | 3 | **love** | shall | I | sister | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | sister | me | | | pretty *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Topic | | 6 | **have** | future | I | your heads | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cut off** | participle | your heads *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/99/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)