--- title: I promised this young woman that if she should cure you, to bestow y… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I promised this young woman that if she should cure you, to bestow your hand and heart on her, and seeing that Heaven has been gracious, you must fulfil the promise I made her; for gratitude alone forces me to pay this debt.’ Who acts: I, woman, seeing, 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 (I, woman, seeing, 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:pg7277:25:72 # text = I promised this young woman that if she should cure you, to bestow your hand and heart on her, and seeing that Heaven has been gracious, you must fulfil the promise I made her; for gratitude alone forces me to pay this debt.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 csubj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 28 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 41 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 42 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | I | | this young woman | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cure** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | woman | you | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer you=Source | | 3 | **bestow** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | your hand and heart | | | | on woman | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | gerund | | Heaven | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heaven=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present · perfect | seeing | | | | | gracious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fulfil** | must | you | the promise | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past | I | Heaven | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | | 8 | **pay** | to-infinitive | me | this debt | | | | for gratitude forces | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent debt=Asset for force=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 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/73/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)