--- title: I am resolved, therefore, not to stay here, but to go with them, let… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am resolved, therefore, not to stay here, but to go with them, let what will betide; and I request and command, according to my bargain, that the Queen shall stand on the highest tower of the palace until we come back (or find out that we are certainly dead), with nothing but sheaf corn for her fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 44 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 44 I am resolved, therefore, not to stay here, but to go with them, let what will betide; and I request and command, according to my bargain, that the Queen shall stand on the highest tower of the palace until we come back (or find out that we are certainly dead), with nothing but sheaf corn for her food and cold water for her drink, if it should be for seven years and longer.’ **Who acts:** I, Queen, we, drink, my · **What happens:** resolve, not stay, go, let, betide, request · **To what, where:** I, highest tower · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Queen, we, drink), 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:pg540:8:44 # text = I am resolved, therefore, not to stay here, but to go with them, let what will betide; and I request and command, according to my bargain, that the Queen shall stand on the highest tower of the palace until we come back (or find out that we are certainly dead), with nothing but sheaf corn for her food and cold water for her drink, if it should be for seven years and longer.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 betide betide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 request request VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 case _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 until until SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 obl _ _ 63 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 sheaf sheaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 70 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 76 if if SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 78 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 79 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 82 cop _ _ 80 for for ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 82 nummod _ _ 82 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 84 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 82 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | present · passive | | I | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with Princes *= prince* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **betide** | future | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **request** | present | I | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **command** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | accord my bargain | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stand** | shall | the Queen | | | the highest tower of the palace | | with nothing | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location | | 10 | **come back** | present | we | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **find out** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** | present | we | | | | | certainly, dead *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | drink | | | | for seven years | | tree rules | | 14 | **be** | | drink *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **bargain** | | my | | | | | | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: 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 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/45/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)