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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 (King, great ingenuity, decree, three questions), 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:pg14241:33:106 # text = Now the King of Canterbury had a beautiful daughter, who was distinguished by her great ingenuity and wit, and he issued a decree that whoever should answer three questions put to him by the princess should have her in marriage, and be heir to the crown at his decease. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Canterbury Canterbury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 distinguished distinguish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 ingenuity ingenuity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 30 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 decease decease NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King of Canterbury | a beautiful daughter | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **distinguish** | past · passive | Canterbury's great ingenuity and wit | a beautiful daughter | | | | | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute subject=Theme | | 3 | **issue** | past | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | should | a decree | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put** | past | three questions | | decree | | | by the princess | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by princess=Destination | | 6 | **have** | should | a decree | Princess | | marriage | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | infinitive | | heir | | decree's decease | | to the crown | tree rules | | 8 | **decease** | | decree | | | | | | nom decease «event intransitive»: poss=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/107/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)