--- title: “Even if the prince and princess get safe over the bridge they will… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Even if the prince and princess get safe over the bridge they will perish,” said they; “for the king is going to send a carriage to meet them which looks as new as paint. Who acts: prince, king. 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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, king), 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:pg2435:2:12 # text = “Even if the prince and princess get safe over the bridge they will perish,” said they; “for the king is going to send a carriage to meet them which looks as new as paint. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the prince and princess | | | | | safe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **perish** *in a quote* | future | prince | the bridge *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **send** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | a carriage | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 6 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/13/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)