--- title: Then hold the wreath high in the air and cry, “Oh! if I knew whether… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then hold the wreath high in the air and cry, “Oh! if I knew whether any one would accept this wreath from me... if I knew! if I knew!” and throw the wreath from you!’ Who acts: you, I, one. 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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 (you, I, one), 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:pg641:21:19 # text = Then hold the wreath high in the air and cry, “Oh! if I knew whether any one would accept this wreath from me... if I knew! if I knew!” and throw the wreath from you!’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ... ... PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wreath | | the air | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **accept** *in a quote* | would | any one | this wreath | | | | from me | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wreath=Theme from i=Source | | 5 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the wreath | | | | from you | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent wreath=Theme from you=Initial\_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 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/20/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/)