--- title: But the bride did all she could to pacify him, and begged hard, sayi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the bride did all she could to pacify him, and begged hard, saying: ‘After all he is my husband, and I love him with all my heart,’ so that at length he gave in. Who acts: bride, brother, I. 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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 (bride, brother, I), 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:pg7277:49:63 # text = But the bride did all she could to pacify him, and begged hard, saying: ‘After all he is my husband, and I love him with all my heart,’ so that at length he gave in. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pacify pacify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 After after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the bride | all | | | | so length | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 2 | **pacify** | could | bride | brother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | the bride *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the bride *not said here* | all | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent all=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | present | brother | my husband | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | present | I | brother | | | | with my heart | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **give in** | past | brother | length *not said here* | | | | | 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:** «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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/64/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)