--- title: “No,” answered the king’s son, “I cannot stay; but, I pray you, gran… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “No,” answered the king’s son, “I cannot stay; but, I pray you, grant my request, and give me a good horse, and let me go in peace, and when I have fulfilled my vow then I will return and marry your daughter.” Who acts: son, my. 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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 (son, my), 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:pg2435:37:83 # text = “No,” answered the king’s son, “I cannot stay; but, I pray you, grant my request, and give me a good horse, and let me go in peace, and when I have fulfilled my vow then I will return and marry your daughter.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 grant grant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the king's son | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | can | the king's son *= son* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | the king's son *= son* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king's son *= son* *not said here* | my request | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king's son *= son* *not said here* | a good horse | the king's son *= son* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient horse=Theme | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king's son *= son* *not said here* | the king's son *= son* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king's son *= son* *not said here* | | | peace | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | | 8 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the king's son *= son* | my vow | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **return** *in a quote* | future | the king's son *= son* | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **marry** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king's son *= son* *not said here* | your daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 11 | **request** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **vow** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/84/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)