--- title: “I beg of you not to kill me, my good boy,” said he, “for you must k… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “I beg of you not to kill me, my good boy,” said he, “for you must know I am not in reality a Drake as I appear to be, but I am a fairy King just come from the region of the gods. Who acts: Boy, you, fairy 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 (Boy, you, fairy King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:16:19 # text = “I beg of you not to kill me, my good boy,” said he, “for you must know I am not in reality a Drake as I appear to be, but I am a fairy King just come from the region of the gods. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Drake Drake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | Boy | my good boy | | | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | Boy | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Boy | | | reality | | a Drake *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | Boy | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Boy | a fairy King | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | present | a fairy King | | | the region of the gods | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from region=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/20/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)