--- title: If she is ordained to be the cause of my death, well, then it will b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If she is ordained to be the cause of my death, well, then it will be so; but if not I shall conquer her though she were twelve hundred Welwas,’ and once more he stooped down to gather the flowers. Who acts: death, I, way, Petru. 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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 (death, I, way, Petru), 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:pg641:19:137 # text = If she is ordained to be the cause of my death, well, then it will be so; but if not I shall conquer her though she were twelve hundred Welwas,’ and once more he stooped down to gather the flowers. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 ordained ordain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 well well INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advcl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 compound _ _ 32 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 33 Welwas Welwas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ordain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | way | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the cause | | | | of my death | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | future | death | | | | then | so *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **conquer** | shall | I | way | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | way | twelve hundred | | | | Welwas *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 6 | **stoop down** | past | Petru | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Petru *not said here* | the flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 8 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/136/) - next →: [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/1/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/)