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title: But as she was much afraid of her son, she told the robber that the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But as she was much afraid of her son, she told the robber that the next time the prince went to bathe in the river, he was to steal the sword from its place above the bed, for without it the young man would have no power to punish him for his boldness. Who acts: bear, prince, young man, power. A se
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 30

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But as she was much afraid of her son, she told the robber that the next time the prince went to bathe in the river, he was to steal the sword from its place above the bed, for without it the young man would have no power to punish him for his boldness.

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**Who acts:** bear, prince, young man, power · **What happens:** be, tell, go, bathe, have, punish · **To what, where:** robber, place, power, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear, prince, young man, power), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:15:30
# text = But as she was much afraid of her son, she told the robber that the next time the prince went to bathe in the river, he was to steal the sword from its place above the bed, for without it the young man would have no power to punish him for his boldness.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	bathe	bathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	from	from	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
37	above	above	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
41	for	for	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	without	without	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	conj	_	_
49	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	50	det	_	_
50	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	for	for	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	boldness	boldness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | bear |  |  |  |  | of bear's son; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | bear | the robber |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent robber=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | past | the prince |  |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **bathe** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the river | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in river=Theme |
| 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | prince |  |  | sword's place above the bed |  | steal *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | would | the young man | no power |  |  |  | for sword | tree rules |
| 7 | **punish** | to-infinitive | no power *not said here* | prince |  |  |  | for prince's boldness | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient for boldness=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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