--- title: But even now she could not bend her proud heart, and she said, ‘Thou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But even now she could not bend her proud heart, and she said, ‘Though he has executed these two tasks, yet he shall not be my husband till he brings me an apple from the tree of life.’ Who acts: suitor, King. 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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 (suitor, King), 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:pg7277:50:55 # text = But even now she could not bend her proud heart, and she said, ‘Though he has executed these two tasks, yet he shall not be my husband till he brings me an apple from the tree of life.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bend** | could | suitor | suitor's proud heart | | | now | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent heart=Material | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | suitor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **execute** | present · perfect | King | this two tasks | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is a** | shall | King | my husband | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | present | King | a apple | me | the tree of life | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination apple=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/56/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/)