--- title: And the king bade the servant go back to the mother and say that if… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the king bade the servant go back to the mother and say that if she would give her boy to him, he should live in the palace and marry his prettiest daughter as soon as he was a man. Who acts: king bade, bade, Boy. 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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 (king bade, bade, Boy), 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:pg2435:6:100 # text = And the king bade the servant go back to the mother and say that if she would give her boy to him, he should live in the palace and marry his prettiest daughter as soon as he was a man. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | infinitive | the king bade | | | | | to the mother *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to mother=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the king bade *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | bade | mother's boy | Boy | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to he=Recipient | | 4 | **live** | should | Boy | | | the palace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 5 | **marry** | infinitive | Boy *not said here* | Boy's prettiest daughter | | | | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | | as a man | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/101/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)