--- title: At length, when she had come to the end of everything she could thin… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length, when she had come to the end of everything she could think of, she said to him one day: ‘Grant me, Sire, just one request more, and then I will really marry you; for you have waited patiently this long time.’ Who acts: love, I, 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 (love, I, 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:pg641:40:55 # text = At length, when she had come to the end of everything she could think of, she said to him one day: ‘Grant me, Sire, just one request more, and then I will really marry you; for you have waited patiently this long time.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Grant grant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Sire Sire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 really really ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 parataxis _ _ 48 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 50 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | love | | | | to the end of everything | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | could | love | length *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot length=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | love | | emperor | length | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **grant** | infinitive | | me | | | | Sire *vocative*; one request *obl* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **marry** | future | I | you | | | then | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **wait** | present · perfect | you | | | | time | patiently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/56/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)