--- title: I really do not care whether you consent to my marriage with your da… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I really do not care whether you consent to my marriage with your daughter or not, but I am bound to ask your consent, on account of a certain meddling Fairy called Melinette, with whom I have reason for wishing to keep on good terms.’ Who acts: I, you, reason, my. 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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 (I, you, reason, my), 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:pg7277:11:142 # text = I really do not care whether you consent to my marriage with your daughter or not, but I am bound to ask your consent, on account of a certain meddling Fairy called Melinette, with whom I have reason for wishing to keep on good terms.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 consent consent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 meddling meddling NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 wishing wish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **consent** | present | you | | | | | to my marriage with your daughter | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme | | 3 | **bind** | present · passive | | I | | account of a certain meddling Fairy | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | your consent | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient | | 5 | **call** | participle | | a certain meddling Fairy *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | present | I | reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 7 | **wish** | gerund | reason *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | reason *not said here* | | | good terms | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on term=Location | | 9 | **marry** | | my | | | | | with your daughter | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | | 10 | **consent** | | your | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **account** | | | a certain meddling Fairy | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/143/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)