--- title: So next morning he bade them farewell, though the princess begged hi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So next morning he bade them farewell, though the princess begged him to stay with all her might; and when she found that she could not persuade him she gave him as a remembrance a gold ring. Who acts: Prince, princess, death. 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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 (Prince, princess, death), 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:pg2435:18:109 # text = So next morning he bade them farewell, though the princess begged him to stay with all her might; and when she found that she could not persuade him she gave him as a remembrance a gold ring. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 with with SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bade** | past | Prince | branches *= branch* | | | morning | farewell *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the princess | | Prince | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | death | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **persuade** | could | death | Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past | death | a gold ring | Prince | | | as a remembrance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ring=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/110/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)