--- title: "Because," she replied, "if I am to be your wife, I would fain know… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Because," she replied, "if I am to be your wife, I would fain know all about you, in order, if any calamity threatens you, to overcome, or if possible to avert it." Who acts: death, calamity. 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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, calamity), 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:pg7128:10:42 # text = "Because," she replied, "if I am to be your wife, I would fain know all about you, in order, if any calamity threatens you, to overcome, or if possible to avert it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 21 all all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 calamity calamity NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 threatens threaten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 avert avert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 csubj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | death | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | death | your wife | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fain** *in a quote* | would | death | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | death *not said here* | | | order | | about you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about you=Stimulus | | 5 | **threaten** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | any calamity | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 6 | **overcome** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any calamity *not said here* | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **avert** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | calamity | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/43/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)