--- title: He will steal the fair maiden fast enough, and then the king, her fa… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He will steal the fair maiden fast enough, and then the king, her father, may consider how he is going to bring his army over here—it will take him ten years to do it!—-no less! Who acts: Simon, king, it. 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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 (Simon, king, it), 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:pg2435:5:48 # text = He will steal the fair maiden fast enough, and then the king, her father, may consider how he is going to bring his army over here—it will take him ten years to do it!—-no less! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | future | Simon | the fair maiden | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location maiden=Theme | | 2 | **consider** | may | the king | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | Simon | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Simon *not said here* | Simon's army | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 5 | **take** | future | it | | Simon | | year | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | maiden | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/49/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)