--- title: “When I served the king’s chief herdsman,” added he, “I saw his daug… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “When I served the king’s chief herdsman,” added he, “I saw his daughter, and I am resolved to try if I cannot win her for my wife.” Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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:pg2435:27:32 # text = “When I served the king’s chief herdsman,” added he, “I saw his daughter, and I am resolved to try if I cannot win her for my wife.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** *in a quote* | past | I | the king's chief herdsman | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herdsman=Attribute | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | | herdsman | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I | herdsman's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 4 | **resolve** *in a quote* | present · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **try** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **win** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | I | cunning | | | | for my wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)