--- title: Then the first of them will call you—she is the eldest—and will beg… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the first of them will call you—she is the eldest—and will beg you very prettily to come to her and help her, and the second will do the same, but you must not go near either of them. Who acts: first, second, you. 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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 (first, second, you), 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:pg540:26:15 # text = Then the first of them will call you—she is the eldest—and will beg you very prettily to come to her and help her, and the second will do the same, but you must not go near either of them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 — - PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 beg beg VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 prettily prettily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 42 near near ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 41 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | future | the first of princesses | | you | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | first | | | | | eld *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | future | | | you | | | prettily *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | first | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **help** | infinitive | | | first | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 6 | **do** | future | the second | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **go** | must | you | | | either | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near either=Location | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/16/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)