--- title: At these words the king’s son shrieked with horror, for he loved the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At these words the king’s son shrieked with horror, for he loved the baby dearly, but he answered, “I have sworn that I would treat my friend as if he were my brother, and if there is no other way my child must be sacrificed.” Who acts: son. 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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), 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:pg2435:38:19 # text = At these words the king’s son shrieked with horror, for he loved the baby dearly, but he answered, “I have sworn that I would treat my friend as if he were my brother, and if there is no other way my child must be sacrificed.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past | the king's son | | | this words | | with horror | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** | past | son | the baby | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **swear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | son | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **treat** *in a quote* | would | son | | my friend | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | son | | | | | as my brother | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | must · present · passive | | my child | | | | sacrifice *property* | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/20/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)