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title: He sits on his throne and declares that no prince or king on earth i… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He sits on his throne and declares that no prince or king on earth is good enough for his lovely daughter, that he will give her to none, and that if any king asks for her hand he will declare war against him and destroy his kingdom.” Who acts: king, prince. A sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 27

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He sits on his throne and declares that no prince or king on earth is good enough for his lovely daughter, that he will give her to none, and that if any king asks for her hand he will declare war against him and destroy his kingdom.”

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**Who acts:** king, prince · **What happens:** sit, declare, be, give, ask, destroy · **To what, where:** throne, bird, war, kingdom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:5:27
# text = He sits on his throne and declares that no prince or king on earth is good enough for his lovely daughter, that he will give her to none, and that if any king asks for her hand he will declare war against him and destroy his kingdom.”
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	declares	declare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
17	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
27	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	iobj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	35	det	_	_
35	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
43	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
44	against	against	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	conj	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | king |  |  | king's throne |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for king's lovely daughter | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | no prince on earth or king |  |  |  |  | enough, good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | future | king |  | bird |  |  | to none | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to none=Recipient |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | any king |  |  |  |  | for bird's hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | future | king | war |  |  |  | against Busan | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute |
| 7 | **destroy** | infinitive | king *not said here* | king's kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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