--- title: At last she demands one of the sons to come before her; and the olde… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last she demands one of the sons to come before her; and the oldest comes, when she asks him, "Have you ever been at the Castle of Melvales?" and he answers, "Yes." Who acts: England, oldest, Prince. 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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 (England, oldest, Prince), 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:pg14241:27:97 # text = At last she demands one of the sons to come before her; and the oldest comes, when she asks him, "Have you ever been at the Castle of Melvales?" and he answers, "Yes." 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 demands demand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 nsubj _ _ 17 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Melvales Melvales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | England | one of the sons | | last | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Precondition | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | England *not said here* | | | | before England | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before she=Location | | 3 | **come** | present | the oldest | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | England | | Prince | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Prince | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | the Castle | ever | of Melvales | tree rules | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | Prince | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/98/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)