--- title: ‘How can I wish my little daughter to grow up pretty if she is to be… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘How can I wish my little daughter to grow up pretty if she is to be married to that horrid little dwarf, the King’s son,’ she said to herself, ‘and yet, if she is ugly we shall both be killed. Who acts: I, fairy. 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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, fairy), 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:pg540:22:39 # text = ‘How can I wish my little daughter to grow up pretty if she is to be married to that horrid little dwarf, the King’s son,’ she said to herself, ‘and yet, if she is ugly we shall both be killed. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 21 horrid horrid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 yet yet ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 both both ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | can | I | my little daughter | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot daughter=Theme | | 2 | **grow up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | pretty *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | fairy | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fairy | | fairy | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | fairy | | | | yet | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** | shall · passive | | we | | | | both *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/40/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)