--- title: The king was delighted to see his son, and had a great many question… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king was delighted to see his son, and had a great many questions to ask and answer; but when he heard that instead of quietly waiting for him at home the prince was starting off to seek a wife he was very angry, and said: “You may go where you please but I will not leave any of my people with y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/112/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/) / 112 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 112 The king was delighted to see his son, and had a great many questions to ask and answer; but when he heard that instead of quietly waiting for him at home the prince was starting off to seek a wife he was very angry, and said: “You may go where you please but I will not leave any of my people with you.” **Who acts:** king, prince, You · **What happens:** be, see, have, ask, answer, hear · **To what, where:** son, great many questions, that, home, wife, any · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, prince, You), 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:pg2435:1:112 # text = The king was delighted to see his son, and had a great many questions to ask and answer; but when he heard that instead of quietly waiting for him at home the prince was starting off to seek a wife he was very angry, and said: “You may go where you please but I will not leave any of my people with you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 26 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 29 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 ccomp _ _ 55 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 54 advmod _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 57 please please INTJ UH _ 54 discourse _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 63 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 62 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's son | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | the king *not said here* | a great many questions | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hear** | past | king | that | | | | quietly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 7 | **wait** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | home | | for king | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 8 | **start off** | past · progressive | the prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | a wife | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | Prince | a wife *not said here* | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **go** *in a quote* | may | You | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **not** **leave** *in a quote* | future | the king *= king* | any | | | | with you | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent any=Recipient with you=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/113/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/)