--- title: “Tell the count that the wedding can take place whenever he pleases,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Tell the count that the wedding can take place whenever he pleases,” answered the king, and, filled with pride, the fox trotted back to deliver his message. Who acts: you, wedding, king, fox. 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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 (you, wedding, king, fox), 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:pg2435:25:97 # text = “Tell the count that the wedding can take place whenever he pleases,” answered the king, and, filled with pride, the fox trotted back to deliver his message. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the count | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent count=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | can | the wedding | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 3 | **please** *in a quote* | present | wedding | | | | | whenever *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fill** | participle | | | | | | with pride | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pride=Instrument | | 6 | **trot back** | past | the fox | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | fox's message | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/98/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)