--- title: Now Brynhild had no help but to promise she would be his wife, the w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Brynhild had no help but to promise she would be his wife, the wife of Gunnar as she supposed, for Sigurd wore Gunnar’s shape, and she had sworn to wed whoever should ride the flames. Who acts: Brynhild, Sigurd, whoever. 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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 (Brynhild, Sigurd, whoever), 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:pg540:51:111 # text = Now Brynhild had no help but to promise she would be his wife, the wife of Gunnar as she supposed, for Sigurd wore Gunnar’s shape, and she had sworn to wed whoever should ride the flames. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Brynhild Brynhild PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Gunnar Gunnar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 Gunnar Gunnar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Brynhild | no help | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Patient | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive | Brynhild *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | would | Brynhild | Sigurd's wife and the wife of Gunnar | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **suppose** | past | Brynhild | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wear** | past | Sigurd | Gunnar's shape | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shape=Source | | 6 | **swear** | past · perfect | Brynhild | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **wed** | to-infinitive | Brynhild *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **ride** | should | whoever | the flames | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/112/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Sigurd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/)