--- title: “We must find him, however,” said the princess; “for if he is willin… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “We must find him, however,” said the princess; “for if he is willing to marry me I cannot in honour refuse him, after what my father put on the horn.” Who acts: We, princess, messenger. 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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 (We, princess, messenger), 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:pg2435:30:72 # text = “We must find him, however,” said the princess; “for if he is willing to marry me I cannot in honour refuse him, after what my father put on the horn.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 however however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 28 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 parataxis _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 35 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | must | We | messenger | | | | however *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | messenger | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | messenger *not said here* | the princess *= princess* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present | | messenger | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | participle | | my father *not said here* | | the horn | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on horn=Destination | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)